An athleisure shoe construction comprising: a sole having a toe end and an opposite heel end and having opposite right and left sides extending between the toe end and the heel end; an upper of flexible material attached to the sole, the upper extending upwardly from the sole to a top edge of the upper, the upper top edge defining a forefoot opening and an ankle opening into an interior of the shoe inside the upper; wherein the upper is constructed with a toe box that extends around and across sole top surface at the sole toe end, and in that the shoe construction comprises a first tongue comprised of a first vamp positioned rearwardly of the toe box, the first tongue of flexible material, the first tongue having a length that extends upwardly from the first vamp and through the forefoot opening to a distal end of the first tongue positioned at the ankle opening; and, a second inner tongue comprised of a second vamp, the second tongue of flexible material, the second vamp of the second tongue being secured to the sole around the sole toe end and is secured to the interior surface of the toe box, the second tongue having a length that extends upwardly from the vamp of the second tongue beneath the first tongue and through the forefoot opening to a distal end of the second tongue positioned at the ankle opening, the second tongue being separate from the first tongue such that the first tongue and second tongue are unattached except around the toe end of the sole and the toe box thereby enabling the first and second tongues to be moved separately from each other; and the first tongue having opposite side edges (78, 82) and the second tongue having opposite side edges (88, 92), with the opposite side edges (78, 82) of the first tongue overlapping and coinciding with the opposite side edges of the second tongue(88, 92). a sole having a toe end and an opposite heel end and having opposite right and left sides extending between the toe end and the heel end; an upper of flexible material attached to the sole, the upper extending upwardly from the sole to a top edge of the upper, the upper top edge defining a forefoot opening and an ankle opening into an interior of the shoe inside the upper; wherein the upper is constructed with a toe box that extends around and across sole top surface at the sole toe end, and in that the shoe construction comprises a first tongue comprised of a first vamp positioned rearwardly of the toe box, the first tongue of flexible material, the first tongue having a length that extends upwardly from the first vamp and through the forefoot opening to a distal end of the first tongue positioned at the ankle opening; and, a second inner tongue comprised of a second vamp, the second tongue of flexible material, the second vamp of the second tongue being secured to the sole around the sole toe end and is secured to the interior surface of the toe box, the second tongue having a length that extends upwardly from the vamp of the second tongue beneath the first tongue and through the forefoot opening to a distal end of the second tongue positioned at the ankle opening, the second tongue being separate from the first tongue such that the first tongue and second tongue are unattached except around the toe end of the sole and the toe box thereby enabling the first and second tongues to be moved separately from each other; and the first tongue having opposite side edges (78, 82) and the second tongue having opposite side edges (88, 92), with the opposite side edges (78, 82) of the first tongue overlapping and coinciding with the opposite side edges of the second tongue(88, 92).