I LOVE the fact that these 39.4" shoe laces are the 'right' fit for several styles of Mephisto shoes that I own.  I COULD have sent the shoes to Mephisto for reconditioning and laces...but I only needed laces, if I could find them. These flat, knit, quality cotton laces are just right and the 'Desert Sand' color was just right to replace the less-than-typical Mephisto quality laces that came OEM with my blue leather sport shoes.  The shoes are wonderful as a style statement and as a comfortable piece of footwear--but they are useless without these laces.