I learned a lot at my first-ever custom boot fitting: Your feet change roughly every decade or so; there’s usually about a quarter of an inch difference between your right and left foot; and, for 32 ...

When adidas released its laceless ACE 16+ Purecontrol at the start of 2016, the hype train began immediately. Headlines praised the “world’s first laceless boot” and saluted adidas for its innovations ...