Technically the laces are a real thing especially in the British Punk scene. As well as New York City cops are trained on the lace code so that they know who they're dealing with.
Just want to say that blue also can mean ACAB, which is a more modern code related to blue. While not many people use it still a lot of cops are trained on it, which is something that you need to be aware of when wearing lace code especially with blue
I met lots of punks, who used lace codes and some of them wore red laces. They said that it also meant communism, kinda makes sense to me, but it's a bit complicated.
In the place i'm from if you have red in the right and black in the left you're an anarchist, if black in the right and red in the left you're a communist and if red in both you're the violent type of neo nazi
In hungary it's actually complicated cuz one red lace in right means anarchist one lace in the left means communist! But actually two red means neo-n@zi
growing up in philly if someone ever asks you "ay man what size shoes are those?" you jus say "my size" and stare them down, they'll typically back off haha ppl getting jumped for their shoes was a thing back in the day
Yeah man! Getting caught out there at the wrong site without back up, your Docs were getting stripped. I was on the Philly scene too back in the late 80's and early 90's.
I'd just add that in modern lace code blue usually just means ACAB and red is commonly used by communists, often in combination with black for anarcho-communism. But this can vary depending on where in the world u are especially for reds
Yeah, i mostly wear them cause i like red on black but also cause it means anarchist in some places. It's also just so shit that tiktok is making random kids think that lace code is still a thing cause it really isn't. like i got called out for having red laces by a kid wearing only wearing adidas or nike clothes at an anti nazi protest where i was a volunteer to help guide the protest. The kid wasn't even in the protest, he just walked past me.
Yes, it was often combined with red "A" anachy logos onto the boots. I've had a punk called paddy into our class in the 80's, he was small, but a friendly & nice guy, freak, but aren't we all? :)
I remember the days before youtube when you had to go to a show and notice which people with which colors were getting the shit kicked out of them to figure out the code. Never knew about the green ones though, that's kinda cool.
Im a Skinhead from california and go through most color laces and havent had a problem. i know red is kinda dodgy though, in my opinion it looks the coolest
Honestly for the most part lace code is dead. I think the only one that still has a problem with anyone is blue. Just don't wear them during a protest.
@@ZacharyTheJackal Gotta stop the boneheads from getting to wear all the cool colors. If everyone just wears whatever they want they won't be able to claim them 😎👍
I would like to get orange laces for my black doc's but idk what orange laces mean but more I keep looking into it people keep saying they mean what you want them to be. So if you guys have any answers on orange laces it would be great
Where we lived it meant you had killed an oompa loompa and then stole a chocloate bar from wonka . depending on the shade of orange it meant how many you had killed. My mate had neon orange and that meant he did in 10 of em .
Some other meanings I may have missed although I do not know for sure if this were recognized. Pink: queer pride/queer bash back. Orange: no meaning to be seen. Make sure they don't look too red Multiple color: depends on what colors. Grey: no meaning. Make sure they aren't too light
I do not have doc’s but I have black vans with red laces but that’s only because black and red are my fav colors. The only person I offed is my old self.
High school in the 2000s they had lace rules, no red or blue for bloods/crips. Later went onto ban pink laces (super popular in the skate scene then) but was cause it was seen as pro gay, catholic school and all. We just wanted our laces to match our shoes, or mix match even 😂. Now that I have docs and stumbled on this I can’t believe they’re trying to revive old boomer targeting
2:33 I've also heard red meant you specifically killed somebody motivated by racist hatred. Kinda similar to blue for being a cop killer but for racism/neo-nazism etc. Fairly new to the punk scene but I've generally always got the vibe lace code generally doesn't mean much nowadays, especially if the person wearing docs aren't visibly punk. But if they're obviously in the punk scene and in certain areas it can be an issue. Bottom line depends on the area and if anybody gives af. Most likely nobody will care, but there's always a real possibility somebody will. In certain areas lace code can be either nonexistent, or mean different shit. Just depends on the area and the people there. But I'll def say NOT to wear blue, ESPECIALLY at any sort of anti-police protest or if you're a person of color. I've heard blue typically just means ACAB now, but cop killer was the original meaning. While ACAB is a based thing to rep, cops may give af and by wearing those you're just asking them to suspect/fuck with you. Their boomer asses may think you're a "cop killer" or some shit you never know. Don't wanna risk that, especially at any sort of protest. I'd say just stick to yellow if you wanna rep anti-racism.
well, despite lace cod is lame and outdated, its different in different places. As an example - in post-soviet countires (Russia, Ukraine, Baltic countries) meaning is different: red - for a-fa and commies/anarchists, redskins white - for nazis, white nationalists and boneheads green - for punks ive heard about other meaning, but only heard about ppl getting jumped for white/red laces, mostly because of new generation of zoomer/tiktok skins, while older guys usually dont give a damn.
90-00's russian boneheads wore WHITE laces if they killed someone. YELLOW is ACAB RED is antifas/communist shit (we call them sharps idk about English analogue) BLUE is for someone associated with sport GREEN for punks
Here's the thing though..... I grew up as a Punk in the 1980's, and a Skinhead in the 90's, but I moved a lot to different cities in those years. The 'Lace Code' was real, but the colours varied from town to town.....and from state to state. For the most part you are correct on the colour political definitions (if they are straight laced), but there are vast grey areas, that making a list like your presenting, is complacated. E.g. 1. There was/is an anti-racist crew in my home town that sported white or red laces. Is 'Lace Code' dead? My answer to that is this: Older Punks and Skinheads in X-Gereation [aprox.] (45 to 60 year old's) , who are still active in the 'Scene' have been known to still adhere a 'Lace Code' of thier old/current social or political stance. The tradition of straght lacing Doctor Marten's as symbol of being working class, is rooted in the 1960's starting with the Mods. The straight lacing in your Doc's, meant that you were poor(working class), because it showed that your boots did not fit. The first coloured laces were white. The cops would remove laces from the boots of football hooligans, and Skinheads in the late 60's.....the Skins got smart and would carry a set of old school laces in their back pocket just in case. If you saw a Skinhead with white laces it meant they had the suss! The political stuff came years later. Yes. I wear a boot lace colour that ( in my city), has been designated as an anti-fascist statement. but It's a much deeper tradition for me. Not a fashion. It's my culture. No different than a indigenous aesthetic distinguishing what tribe are from. In my home city, I grew up in a Punk scene, where there were Wte pwr gangs, and they caused serious problems on the streets, and at our shows ...and I was once on the front lines of that , letting the nz's know they were not welcome in our scene. Is Lace Code dead? If you forgot about it, or dont care,..then yes. It was a thing. Do people younger than 'X' use Code? From what I have observed, yes. ...but it far and few between. Gen-X, ' cultural eccentrics' , Punks and Skins, don't use lace codeas much either that i know of .
Is the lace code only for boots in particular Doc Martens or does it apply to tennis shoes as well? I don't want to wear something that could potentially make someone afraid.
the era i grew up in . yup, kid did get rolled for docs those days. , back then all of them were made in england and really good . unfortunately not as much made in england anymore .still like my docs tho
Wow had no clue I have a pair of boots that came with red and yellow laces I thought it’d be cool to wear one of each which is how I have them I’ve had them like three years. I literally had no idea lace colors had any meaning just thought the ketchup mustard vibe was cool I hope I still have and can find the other two laces so I can just wear yellow yikes otherwise I’ll just buy some yellow ones holy hell
I feel like lace code is mostly dead because that kinda punk scene is mostly dead. I still go by the lace code. I'm in LA & like I mentioned before the punk scene isn't what it used to be. it's more "whatever u want it to be" in most places now.
Nazis have gotten much more stealthy the past 15 years so catching a nazi for wearing red or white laces is going to be very unlikely. Essentially if you see someone with white or red laces repping sketchy or downright fascist bands, slogans, etc then it can be easy to draw a conclusion, however at that point the laces will be the least obvious sign. I say wear whatever you want and don’t question someone’s laces since if their laces are genuinelly being used to show that they’re alt-right then they will probably be wearing somethig else that’s much more obvious. the people on Reddit trying to bring it back are mostly babypunks who want to feel different and/or knowledgable as to not come off as a babypunk. The punks who are overly critical about others are either new to punk or not actual punks, once you start going to gigs and meeting people irl in the scene, you’ll notice how fucks are rarely given.
You should have mentioned the Braces (suspenders).. yes I know this is an old vid, but for us Skins it was Up for casual / non Fight Mode if you will.. When they were hanging it meant Ready to go. Cheers mate.
I always thought white laces were for boneheads, but then I met a bunch latino and black trads who wore white laces...so confusing. Red is also RASH and Redskin
cool video, reminds me of the handkerchief code. on one hand, all the symbology is cool, just sucks its so complicated that anyone can fuck up and get punched haha. as a mildly autistic guy im not always the best at passing vibe checks, so this stuff makes me nervous xD
As a skin from the 80s. I dont know where you got the code from but the code was white=white pride, red =nazi, blue =sharp skins, yellow=cop hate , green=neutral, purple=gay
Once upon a time, back in the 70s and 80s, my dad wore red and white laces. He was a white supremacist and a fascist. When he passed down his boots to me when he passed, I took off those laces and put on black laces. I didn’t know lace code, so black laces were in memorial to my dad. After learning lace code, I bought 2 more pairs, put blue ones for ACAB on one, Purple and Yellow on the other, and I still have the OG black laces from 2002 on my dads to this day. I wear my dad’s all the time in memorial, even if he was a bad person. Be your own person. Don’t follow in the footsteps of your parents if you don’t want to. Be proud of being different. Be amazing! I love yall
In the 1980's/90's the lace code had some followers, white was always National Front/Racist. Red was mixed BNP/Communist- no hard and fast rule. More important than laces was eyeballing if the target had steeltoe cap boots. They could do some real damage.
In some areas... red laces mean communist or marxist. They are also often used, especially by punx, to signify anarchism. Personally, I think rash should just use both red & black multi-coloured laces. Or, if they prefer, one red and one black. And sometimes they do. Utilizing them in this way, we could all avoid most of the confusion.
My boot laces are black and red. I just like the colour scheme and fuck the neo Nazis for trying to ruin coloured laces 😂 Good video bro good look into an old near forgotten part of punk history
Majority of the time is is said to be part of the queer pride/queer bash back. The original meaning was said to be gay/queer basher but the lgbtq community reclaimed it
@@ZacharyTheJackal Flippin' awesome, thank you for the explanation. Love is love. Now I know lace code I'm going to be paying attention to people's shoe laces a little more often.
Yeah just make sure that if they are wearing white, blue, or red you can tell them the reason. If they know and want to cause problems that's up to you to decide what happens. Totally agree love is love
The only people I’ve ever known to give a shit about laces was the bonehead skins. I avoid red because I’m big bald and covered in tattoos. You won’t get pushback on laces from anyone outside our dead scene. The people still putting on for punk rock are mostly old af and tired now. Not exactly cracking heads these days 😂
So as much as I know its pretty similar all around the world but from where I'm from (ex Yugoslavian country) red didn't really mean anything with nazis. It either ment your just an anarchist or a communist.
White laces are common Paracord colors and the skins used them to lace their boots. There’s no lace code. Racists made up the lace code. Because of that we have to tip toe around with lace colors as to not get misidentified.
You can do it. Honestly I did this video mostly as a history of. Very few places apply by lace code. Just don't have a nazi stuff and you should be good.
I'm from Toronto and it doesn’t really apply unless your from like Jane a Finch or downtown i would personally just go for a bright orange because it looks just as cool sometimes a little halloween ish tho but i like the idea or having an anti-nazi patch too! because you would want to be a nazi.....
Being a Non-binary trans woman who is also indigenous ( mainly Lakota and Wichita with a dash of German lol) also to top it off I am a Skinhead ( nothing special life just kinda took me there lol). I knew from my older gen X skinhead friends about the lace code in there time but I had no idea about purple so it's funny because purple along with black are my favorite colors so I always rock purple laces and braces (British skin term for suspenders) so I liked how that naturally worked out lol Oi! 🖤⚒️💜
@@ZacharyTheJackal plus 1 year ago so you good i was just stating it for the people who get their information from tiktok instead of punx who are actually in the scene
I'm an old skating hardcore punk kid, till death.... White Laces meant "White Pride".. Red laces meant "you spilled blood for ypur race" or in the punk scene it meant "you're a right winged anarchist" Blue laces meant "Blue Blood/working class" it has nothing to do with cops.. working class traditional skinheads... Green meant "Irish skinhead".. traditional skinhead.. Yellow is "unity".. never understood why people used yellow, but whay ever... And Docs came with black laces, not yellow. Laces.... This could vary depending on the city... Don't trust Reddit for old school info. Just find a true old schooler..
I hate how the right co-opted the word woke, to the point that it degrades its original meaning, the word originally meant to be aware of current problems and social injustices, you can't be a punk and be a right-winger
Nice dude. I didn’t know people were actually still trying to make lace code a thing again lol
Leave it to reddit to make something a thing again lol. Thank you so much
@@ZacharyTheJackal Reddit - Dude trust me, the hub for this trash is tiktok
Both are trying
losers* not ppl lol
Technically the laces are a real thing especially in the British Punk scene. As well as New York City cops are trained on the lace code so that they know who they're dealing with.
Just want to say that blue also can mean ACAB, which is a more modern code related to blue. While not many people use it still a lot of cops are trained on it, which is something that you need to be aware of when wearing lace code especially with blue
Oh hell yeah. Lace code isn't really a thing anymore but if it pisses cops off them hell yeah.
I met lots of punks, who used lace codes and some of them wore red laces. They said that it also meant communism, kinda makes sense to me, but it's a bit complicated.
Communist punks do wear red laces sometimes. I've also seen black with red paired for antifa/anti-racist action, and anarcho-communist in general.
yeah R.A.S.H. skins wear red as well
In the place i'm from if you have red in the right and black in the left you're an anarchist, if black in the right and red in the left you're a communist and if red in both you're the violent type of neo nazi
In hungary it's actually complicated cuz one red lace in right means anarchist one lace in the left means communist! But actually two red means neo-n@zi
@@easobento2735 I think it depends where you are... I saw different codes used in Australia and Argentina for example
growing up in philly if someone ever asks you "ay man what size shoes are those?" you jus say "my size" and stare them down, they'll typically back off haha
ppl getting jumped for their shoes was a thing back in the day
Happened in La as well. I forgot where I learned it from but I remember
Yeah man! Getting caught out there at the wrong site without back up, your Docs were getting stripped. I was on the Philly scene too back in the late 80's and early 90's.
I'd just add that in modern lace code blue usually just means ACAB and red is commonly used by communists, often in combination with black for anarcho-communism. But this can vary depending on where in the world u are especially for reds
I grew up in the punk scene in the early 80s and red laces on black boots always meant anarchist .
That's why i wear them 🚩🏴
Yeah, i mostly wear them cause i like red on black but also cause it means anarchist in some places. It's also just so shit that tiktok is making random kids think that lace code is still a thing cause it really isn't. like i got called out for having red laces by a kid wearing only wearing adidas or nike clothes at an anti nazi protest where i was a volunteer to help guide the protest. The kid wasn't even in the protest, he just walked past me.
Different regions have different meanings
Red: redskin's and anarchists, purple: goths....... He is too young to have a real picture about what was happening ithe 80s.....
Yes, it was often combined with red "A" anachy logos onto the boots. I've had a punk called paddy into our class in the 80's, he was small, but a friendly & nice guy, freak, but aren't we all? :)
Punk.? Code.? Rules.? Seems like a contradiction
For real 😂
@@crusty112 I bet these people are the type that read carl Marx hate capitalism and forget things cost money
normie ass understanding
More like a form of secret communication I would say...
@@nyxbellatrix011 maybe. In a culture that preaches non conformity seems contradictory or very least militant.
I remember the days before youtube when you had to go to a show and notice which people with which colors were getting the shit kicked out of them to figure out the code. Never knew about the green ones though, that's kinda cool.
Im a Skinhead from california and go through most color laces and havent had a problem. i know red is kinda dodgy though, in my opinion it looks the coolest
Honestly for the most part lace code is dead. I think the only one that still has a problem with anyone is blue. Just don't wear them during a protest.
Red looks the Coolest By Far‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@MrCutFolks7 Yessir especially on black boots
Back in the 90s the way you laced certain colors had meaning as well
Lace code is ancient. Wear what you want. I wear yellow in docs and white in my astronauts. Lace code is dead.
I agree. I just did this as a sort of historical thing
@@ZacharyTheJackal Gotta stop the boneheads from getting to wear all the cool colors. If everyone just wears whatever they want they won't be able to claim them 😎👍
You are right, but imho things like these probably will get popular again
I wear straight laced WHITE on my docs! White is based af
What if you’re a person of color wearing red laces or white just because they look cool af??
Lace code means nothing in the current year
Im Hispanic and fully understand the cultures history, i wear white and yellow ladder laced having grown up around punks and goths.
I would like to get orange laces for my black doc's but idk what orange laces mean but more I keep looking into it people keep saying they mean what you want them to be. So if you guys have any answers on orange laces it would be great
Orange was never assigned a meaning. You can have them mean whatever or nothing
Where we lived it meant you had killed an oompa loompa and then stole a chocloate bar from wonka . depending on the shade of orange it meant how many you had killed. My mate had neon orange and that meant he did in 10 of em .
@@外人癡 damn, respect!
Some other meanings I may have missed although I do not know for sure if this were recognized.
Pink: queer pride/queer bash back.
Orange: no meaning to be seen. Make sure they don't look too red
Multiple color: depends on what colors.
Grey: no meaning. Make sure they aren't too light
taking off my red laces while watching this i didn’t know probably gonna replace them😭😭
Don't worry about it. Nobody used lace code and this was a history piece
I do not have doc’s but I have black vans with red laces but that’s only because black and red are my fav colors. The only person I offed is my old self.
That's fine. Lace code is deader than disco
love EVERYONE treat ALL like a king and queen!
High school in the 2000s they had lace rules, no red or blue for bloods/crips. Later went onto ban pink laces (super popular in the skate scene then) but was cause it was seen as pro gay, catholic school and all.
We just wanted our laces to match our shoes, or mix match even 😂.
Now that I have docs and stumbled on this I can’t believe they’re trying to revive old boomer targeting
@@nuudelz3711 same. No blues and reds. We used green and brown and white.
2:33 I've also heard red meant you specifically killed somebody motivated by racist hatred. Kinda similar to blue for being a cop killer but for racism/neo-nazism etc. Fairly new to the punk scene but I've generally always got the vibe lace code generally doesn't mean much nowadays, especially if the person wearing docs aren't visibly punk. But if they're obviously in the punk scene and in certain areas it can be an issue. Bottom line depends on the area and if anybody gives af. Most likely nobody will care, but there's always a real possibility somebody will. In certain areas lace code can be either nonexistent, or mean different shit. Just depends on the area and the people there.
But I'll def say NOT to wear blue, ESPECIALLY at any sort of anti-police protest or if you're a person of color. I've heard blue typically just means ACAB now, but cop killer was the original meaning. While ACAB is a based thing to rep, cops may give af and by wearing those you're just asking them to suspect/fuck with you. Their boomer asses may think you're a "cop killer" or some shit you never know. Don't wanna risk that, especially at any sort of protest. I'd say just stick to yellow if you wanna rep anti-racism.
well, despite lace cod is lame and outdated, its different in different places. As an example - in post-soviet countires (Russia, Ukraine, Baltic countries) meaning is different:
red - for a-fa and commies/anarchists, redskins
white - for nazis, white nationalists and boneheads
green - for punks
ive heard about other meaning, but only heard about ppl getting jumped for white/red laces, mostly because of new generation of zoomer/tiktok skins, while older guys usually dont give a damn.
90-00's russian boneheads wore WHITE laces if they killed someone.
YELLOW is ACAB
RED is antifas/communist shit (we call them sharps idk about English analogue)
BLUE is for someone associated with sport
GREEN for punks
Here's the thing though.....
I grew up as a Punk in the 1980's, and a Skinhead in the 90's, but I moved a lot to different cities in those years. The 'Lace Code' was real, but the colours varied from town to town.....and from state to state. For the most part you are correct on the colour political definitions (if they are straight laced), but there are vast grey areas, that making a list like your presenting, is complacated. E.g. 1. There was/is an anti-racist crew in my home town that sported white or red laces.
Is 'Lace Code' dead?
My answer to that is this:
Older Punks and Skinheads in X-Gereation [aprox.] (45 to 60 year old's) , who are still active in the 'Scene' have been known to still adhere a 'Lace Code' of thier old/current social or political stance. The tradition of straght lacing Doctor Marten's as symbol of being working class, is rooted in the 1960's starting with the Mods. The straight lacing in your Doc's, meant that you were poor(working class), because it showed that your boots did not fit. The first coloured laces were white. The cops would remove laces from the boots of football hooligans, and Skinheads in the late 60's.....the Skins got smart and would carry a set of old school laces in their back pocket just in case. If you saw a Skinhead with white laces it meant they had the suss! The political stuff came years later.
Yes. I wear a boot lace colour that ( in my city), has been designated as an anti-fascist statement. but It's a much deeper tradition for me. Not a fashion. It's my culture. No different than a indigenous aesthetic distinguishing what tribe are from. In my home city, I grew up in a Punk scene, where there were Wte pwr gangs, and they caused serious problems on the streets, and at our shows ...and I was once on the front lines of that , letting the nz's know they were not welcome in our scene.
Is Lace Code dead? If you forgot about it, or dont care,..then yes. It was a thing.
Do people younger than 'X' use Code? From what I have observed, yes. ...but it far and few between. Gen-X, ' cultural eccentrics' , Punks and Skins, don't use lace codeas much either that i know of .
Is the lace code only for boots in particular Doc Martens or does it apply to tennis shoes as well? I don't want to wear something that could potentially make someone afraid.
Okay so very few actually go by lace code anymore. It is pretty much dead but when it was around it was only docs
@@ZacharyTheJackal Thankyou! 😊
Edit : added emoji
sorry for being a year late but it is just for docs and straight laces
@@morbidhime No problem don't worry about it it happens. 😊 Time blindness is very real. I have issues dealing with it all the time too.
On tennis shoes it means you're a cringe mofo
the era i grew up in . yup, kid did get rolled for docs those days. , back then all of them were made in england and really good . unfortunately not as much made in england anymore .still like my docs tho
what light grey lyce means i did not understand please replay me and i translate it in google
They don't mean anything. Just make sure they aren't too close to white
Wow had no clue I have a pair of boots that came with red and yellow laces I thought it’d be cool to wear one of each which is how I have them I’ve had them like three years. I literally had no idea lace colors had any meaning just thought the ketchup mustard vibe was cool I hope I still have and can find the other two laces so I can just wear yellow yikes otherwise I’ll just buy some yellow ones holy hell
Depending on where you are you shouldn't have to worry. Honestly lace code is mostly history
Well if red is racist and yellow is anti racist I guess wearing both will cancel each other out
Lace code doesn't apply unless you ladder lace your shoes
@@emiwiaffxiv776 thanks for the info 😀
Thanks for sharing the code
As a gay man who wears purple laces on Dr Martins I had no idea that was a thing lol. I just happened to like it.
That's awesome
Was there any thing for orange, want to have it match my camp halfblood shirt for a cosplay
I feel like lace code is mostly dead because that kinda punk scene is mostly dead. I still go by the lace code. I'm in LA & like I mentioned before the punk scene isn't what it used to be. it's more "whatever u want it to be" in most places now.
so i got the new MET docs, i want to straight lace them to see the art better but they came with cream laces, i don’t want to send the wrong message
Don't worry. For the most part nobody follows lace code except tiktok and reddit punks
Hey bud, I hope you got that lice problem taken care of 👍
Nazis have gotten much more stealthy the past 15 years so catching a nazi for wearing red or white laces is going to be very unlikely.
Essentially if you see someone with white or red laces repping sketchy or downright fascist bands, slogans, etc then it can be easy to draw a conclusion, however at that point the laces will be the least obvious sign.
I say wear whatever you want and don’t question someone’s laces since if their laces are genuinelly being used to show that they’re alt-right then they will probably be wearing somethig else that’s much more obvious.
the people on Reddit trying to bring it back are mostly babypunks who want to feel different and/or knowledgable as to not come off as a babypunk. The punks who are overly critical about others are either new to punk or not actual punks, once you start going to gigs and meeting people irl in the scene, you’ll notice how fucks are rarely given.
I still wear mine. Wore them my 18 years in prison too.
Thank you for this! One of my shoes had a white lace (I didn’t know the meaning) so I replaced it with purple!
You honestly didn't have to. Nobody really goes by lace code. This is a historical video mostly
Ohh ok! Thanks for it anyway lol
I'm a simple man, I wear the laces my Docs came with.
I thought I was the only one lol
I all wear yellow laces with my Doc Martens because I am not a racist
I respect it
does anyone know what pink laces mean?
Queer pride/queer bash back
You should have mentioned the Braces (suspenders).. yes I know this is an old vid, but for us Skins it was Up for casual / non Fight Mode if you will.. When they were hanging it meant Ready to go. Cheers mate.
what do cyan laces mean?
I always thought white laces were for boneheads, but then I met a bunch latino and black trads who wore white laces...so confusing. Red is also RASH and Redskin
thank you! gonna order red-white laces real soon!
That's your personal choice. Most punks don't use it these days
@@ZacharyTheJackal is it really punk if you bootlick most companies, your govm't and various normie-backed institutions?
@danijelovskikanal7017 already got some, thanks for the suggestion tho
cool video, reminds me of the handkerchief code. on one hand, all the symbology is cool, just sucks its so complicated that anyone can fuck up and get punched haha. as a mildly autistic guy im not always the best at passing vibe checks, so this stuff makes me nervous xD
Damn i have blue hair and wanted blue laces but i dont even wanna risk a misunderstanding lmao
Just do it the lace codes so played out 🤦🏼♂️
@@dubstepandvideogamesNot with Blue, Cops can screw you for that
Red also represented the working man. Different countries seemed to have different color codes.
i can’t afford docs,can i use lace code on converse ?
No lace code is only for boots
Do you know the brun meaning ?
Brown doesn't have a meaning
I wear the laces that come with the docs when i buy them.
I’ve been meaning to get purple and yellow laces for my boots
As a skin from the 80s. I dont know where you got the code from but the code was white=white pride, red =nazi, blue =sharp skins, yellow=cop hate , green=neutral, purple=gay
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My patent leather docs came with yellow 😂 I’m from England and had no idea there was still code about
Thanks dude this helps
Whats the song though :o
So I had to do some digging. This is an old song that I made on a now defunct record label. I may get back into making stuff like this again
eleftheriarecords.bandcamp.com/track/fight-against-the-bastards
Once upon a time, back in the 70s and 80s, my dad wore red and white laces. He was a white supremacist and a fascist. When he passed down his boots to me when he passed, I took off those laces and put on black laces. I didn’t know lace code, so black laces were in memorial to my dad. After learning lace code, I bought 2 more pairs, put blue ones for ACAB on one, Purple and Yellow on the other, and I still have the OG black laces from 2002 on my dads to this day. I wear my dad’s all the time in memorial, even if he was a bad person. Be your own person. Don’t follow in the footsteps of your parents if you don’t want to. Be proud of being different. Be amazing! I love yall
I rock my purple laces
track id?
What about on one foot Red other foot white?
Then I assume it would be a combination of both meanings
#Nazbol
Imma start rocking purple laces ig plus its my fav color
In the 1980's/90's the lace code had some followers, white was always National Front/Racist.
Red was mixed BNP/Communist- no hard and fast rule.
More important than laces was eyeballing if the target had steeltoe cap boots. They could do some real damage.
WP
Get the reds out
What about orange laces?
No meaning
good thing i learned about this when i did i almost bought red laces
In some areas... red laces mean communist or marxist. They are also often used, especially by punx, to signify anarchism. Personally, I think rash should just use both red & black multi-coloured laces. Or, if they prefer, one red and one black. And sometimes they do. Utilizing them in this way, we could all avoid most of the confusion.
Wear red if you want man, The code is dead and as long as you know you're not following it, who cares, haha
is it ok to wear one black for straight edges and one yellow for anti racist
Absolutely
dope im probably going to do that because though lace theory is out dated i actually dig the idea
I WEAR WHITE LACES!!!.....WHITE LACES!!!💣
@@SD-qw4xx lace code is dead so no worries
My boot laces are black and red. I just like the colour scheme and fuck the neo Nazis for trying to ruin coloured laces 😂
Good video bro good look into an old near forgotten part of punk history
You obviously don't know skinhead history
2 toner skull?
Do pink laces have a meaning?
Majority of the time is is said to be part of the queer pride/queer bash back. The original meaning was said to be gay/queer basher but the lgbtq community reclaimed it
@@ZacharyTheJackal Flippin' awesome, thank you for the explanation. Love is love. Now I know lace code I'm going to be paying attention to people's shoe laces a little more often.
Yeah just make sure that if they are wearing white, blue, or red you can tell them the reason. If they know and want to cause problems that's up to you to decide what happens. Totally agree love is love
Pink laces can also mean pro-feminist. So, don't automatically assume the skin girl you meet (who is wearing them) is a lesbian.
I didn't know this. Good to know
Green can mean drug abuser too by the way :)
Lol who would want to advertise that
@@n0isyrat779nice pfp!
Oh, kk! Thx, good to know
The only people I’ve ever known to give a shit about laces was the bonehead skins. I avoid red because I’m big bald and covered in tattoos. You won’t get pushback on laces from anyone outside our dead scene. The people still putting on for punk rock are mostly old af and tired now. Not exactly cracking heads these days 😂
So as much as I know its pretty similar all around the world but from where I'm from (ex Yugoslavian country) red didn't really mean anything with nazis. It either ment your just an anarchist or a communist.
Where I live it is red and white lace of black boots that skinheads wear so you can not wear that where I live
i live just down the street from dr strange
Us Latinos in socal use white in a ladder lace
White laces are common Paracord colors and the skins used them to lace their boots. There’s no lace code. Racists made up the lace code. Because of that we have to tip toe around with lace colors as to not get misidentified.
nice
I thought blue also for anti-cop in general.
To an extent yeah
There are even those who claim it as "blue lives matter".
Thanks man! Really helped me out :)
Of course
I use to get quite a few funny looks back when I ran one Red and One white lace for shits and giggles hahaha.
I just wanted to get green laces to show ecological support
That's why mine are green
but... but... red laces on black boots look really cool... :(
You can do it. Honestly I did this video mostly as a history of. Very few places apply by lace code. Just don't have a nazi stuff and you should be good.
@@ZacharyTheJackal I think I'll try it.
@@user-zb4ss5ze5s I would say have an anti-nazi patch incase and just be careful about big cities.
I'm from Toronto and it doesn’t really apply unless your from like Jane a Finch or downtown i would personally just go for a bright orange because it looks just as cool sometimes a little halloween ish tho but i like the idea or having an anti-nazi patch too! because you would want to be a nazi.....
Went from Punk to Woke
haha my best friend has red laces on her docs she has no idea... definitely not a nazi lol mine are yellow :)
Honestly the lace code doesn't matter for the most part. Really only old heads go by it
Great vid
Thank you
good thing im a size 7, 9 in girls lol
Lace code isn’t real.
Lace code is dead and has been for a long time.
@@greghauser742 I agree. This was done as a historical video
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Being a Non-binary trans woman who is also indigenous ( mainly Lakota and Wichita with a dash of German lol) also to top it off I am a Skinhead ( nothing special life just kinda took me there lol). I knew from my older gen X skinhead friends about the lace code in there time but I had no idea about purple so it's funny because purple along with black are my favorite colors so I always rock purple laces and braces (British skin term for suspenders) so I liked how that naturally worked out lol Oi! 🖤⚒️💜
You gotta be trolling…
@@Chrisx3k no I'm not lol I'm a transgender skinhead and what's wrong with that lol
@@Chrisx3k There are non-racist skinheads.
🤣
@@transkin1990 poser
Monarchy in the uk 🖕🏼
do you have lice? you seem to scratch your head alot...
No during that time I had bad dandruff
lol, how silly
Why are people entertaining this nonsense? Wear what you want, it's called freedom of choice,i thought that was punk?
I am almost 99% positive that I said this was a historical look at or something to that effect. Now yes you can where whatever laces you want
i have white laces
Lace code is dead 😂
I know. This is more of a look back at the past of punk
@@ZacharyTheJackal plus 1 year ago so you good i was just stating it for the people who get their information from tiktok instead of punx who are actually in the scene
@@ZacharyTheJackal u should get back into making videos
@@Lmfruridydfv oh okay cool. Yeah I definitely have been thinking about it. I might soon
I'm an old skating hardcore punk kid, till death....
White Laces meant "White Pride"..
Red laces meant "you spilled blood for ypur race" or in the punk scene it meant "you're a right winged anarchist"
Blue laces meant "Blue Blood/working class" it has nothing to do with cops.. working class traditional skinheads...
Green meant "Irish skinhead".. traditional skinhead..
Yellow is "unity".. never understood why people used yellow, but whay ever...
And Docs came with black laces, not yellow. Laces....
This could vary depending on the city...
Don't trust Reddit for old school info. Just find a true old schooler..
That's the problem with lace code and why it fell out. I looked through multiple websites for the info and found some many conflicting results
a lace code is the dumbest thing ive ever heard XD
The amount of likes you have is equal to the amount of brain cells you have
Literally every religious picketer at my liberal arts college who was prolife & reciting bible scriptures... they all had white laces 😮💨
Woke is not punk...
You don’t know what staying woke is 😏
I hate how the right co-opted the word woke, to the point that it degrades its original meaning, the word originally meant to be aware of current problems and social injustices, you can't be a punk and be a right-winger
Never ever feel pity or guilt for beating up a Nazi.
Good
goooooo yellow!
it's wild how the lace code is do stupid no one can agree on what they mean