An advantageous dual tensioning buckle facilitates application in sporting apparel, safety, backpacking, child safety, and various other article strapping uses and the like for variably adjusting the tensioning of articles from either end of the buckle while also providing a releasable closure. The buckle includes a socket and a plug capable of releasably joining together and having a low profile for convenient use in numerous applications. The socket and plug are capable of receiving a first and second length of material respectively; and a non-fabric sewable static strap is integrally molded or affixed to each of the socket and plug and sewable onto a garment with the first and second lengths of material extending from within the garment for adjustable tensioning while also providing a releasable closure.