For every shoe that supposedly looks good with laces, there's a better looking one with velcro, buckle, disk or just slip in. I guess it's a matter of taste tho.

Also, laces get soaked with dirt and if you're not using something like the OP, they can rip or come loose and you step on them.

Never did a velcro die on me before the shoe died. Same for zippers on boots and buckles on sandals. Even the stupid disks lasted longer than laces.