US adults (and, to a lesser extent, those in Europe—I gather the loafer caps out a bit lower there as far as how “high up” you can dress it) can get away with wearing slip-on shoes a whole lot of the time, while also looking smarter-dressed than sneakers or what have you.
Doesn’t get you away from laces entirely, but can seriously cut down on how often you have to fiddle with them.
(Or you can come at it the other way and become a Crocs Guy, of course)