Our story

2016

What a year full of adventure! The team grew up and contains more than 25 people and collaborators. We celebrated customer Nr. 20 000. Czech Facebook page contains 40 000 fans. We meet our customers while walking on streets. TV teams are coming to see us. Unknown people say we inspire them. After four year we dare to say hello to the World.

2015

Moving forward. The team grew like mushroom - we have more than 20 coworkers, our Facebook page contains more than 30 000 fans. Improving technology, purchasing missing machines, every week things are different in our workshop. This year we processed and handled more than 10 000 individual orders. Wohooo what a speed!

2014

Wow it works! The company took off, people from across the country cross their fingers for our success, they send support letters, our Facebook page reached 10 000 fans, this year we finished 4750 individual orders. Growing fast!

2013

Life restarting decision comes! Let's fight the last fight with the crisis. Let's do things different than before. Let's bring in new vision. No surrender. Let's make great things, from best materials, show the customers our craftmanship and stay away from shabby and cheap repair service. Let's build the company again from scratch. This is new challenge! New life. Let's work hard and break the poverty.

2010

Financial crisis is hitting our small repair service shop badly, market completely changed, people saving money, old customers spend their money for cheap imports from Asia. No business, damn... sometimes there is not enough money to buy food in my pocket. Surrender and get employed somewhere? No way!

2007

Bad times are coming, fashion changed, leather jackets are out, rock'n'roll cowboy and bikers boots from 90s as weil. Country is full of cheap import from Asia, fixing shoes and zippers does not make enough money for living. And the worst is to come... Financial crisis in 2008. Ouch!

2001

Great customers are coming, making costumes for several historic movies which were shot in Prague. Great time.

1996

Golden times of Roman Tlusty's small leather one man show leather service. His cellar workshop is a place where gatherings of musicians, artists, actors, take place. Whoever wants whatever to be made from leather, comes to Roman Tlusty's dark workshop. His landlord is jeallous that there are so many people coming to the cellar workshop and decides to raise the rent. Roman decided to move out - to another cellar in the region.

1994

Roman Tlustý and his friend Ivan Petrův create a new logo for Tlusty leather workhshop. That time Roman Tlusty is focused on cowboy shoe repair. Roman and Ivan do not know that they will meet each other in next 20 years and start Tlusty & Co.

1993

Golden 90's are in full power. Cowboy boots fashion starts and a shoemaker Roman Tlusty develops his own brutal high soles. The legend of Prague rock scene is born. The Prague rocker who does not have these high soles at the Durangos or cowboy boots, does not exist.

1990

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived! People are allowed to start their businesses. Roman Tlusty, 23 that time applies for a small business license among first people in the country. It all starts!

1981

Roman Tlusty starts his life journey to become a shoemaker in Shoemaking institute in Pilsen. That time there is deep tough communism, no private businesses, and no hope for people. It is the time of Cold War, and the only vision is to finish the institute and work in one state owned company whole life.