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letmebefell 
My fear would be that pants will hide the lacing altogether, leaving an expanse of brown pebble that looks a little shapeless. The lacing is often the wingman of a shoe, but for a plain-toe, sometimes the wingman has to step up and close the deal.
Hmm... I tend to prefer my shoes w/o lacing or that show little to no lacing: plain slip-ons, venetian loafers, chukkas, and three-eye derbies. I don't own any chelseas, but I'd think they'd be similar. In fact, I just gave my brother my lone pair of five eyelet bluchers to make room for a pair of vass chukkas, that will hopefully arrive some day through Tom.