‘Back To The Future’ Power Laces Coming In 2015 Says Nike Designer
By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2014 9:45 am EST
Still, there’s at least one detail that’s sure to come true if Tinker Hatfield has anything to do with it. The Nike designer has revealed that power laces are indeed coming in 2015, just as Back to the Future Part II said they would. More on the announcement after the jump.
As cool as they were, they weren’t exact replicas as they did not feature power lacing. But it appears that plans for actual self-tying shoes have been in the works for a long time now. In 2010, Nike applied for a patent for an “an article of footwear with an automatic lacing system.”
Hatfield did not offer any other details about the shoes, so as Sole Collector points out, we don’t know yet if they’ll look exactly like Marty McFly’s kicks from Back to the Future Part II. On the other hand, what is even the point of power laces if we can’t use them to replicate Marty’s outfit from the movie?
