LUKS Barefoot - Our Story

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How it all started

Hi there, I’m Lenka and I’m the person who established the LUKS Barefoot brand.

My passion is a healthy lifestyle and healthy feet are an integral part of that idea. As a young girl, I used to have flat feet and I really didn’t like them at all. Fast forward to 2016 when I started to take an interest in foot health and bought my first Barefoot shoes. Okay, they didn’t really have much girl appeal but they served their purpose and walking in them was a pleasure. Then, , I building on my association with the craft of shoe-making, I decided to experiment with making my own, and that’s how my first Barefoot sandals came into the world.

Since that time I’ve come a long way and have now achieved my ambition of developing healthy and functional feet. If I can do that, so can you.

Barefoot shoes will improve the state of your feet, they’ll help to free you from aches and pains, and will make your journey to healthy feet something simple and pleasurable.
My guiding principles are minimalism and simplicity, and that is what I bring to the table both in business and everyday life. 

The shoes I like best are moccasins, because they’re practical, you don’t have to lace them up, you just slip them on and you’re good to go. In my free time I love walking with my dog, which gives me the space for new inspiration and energy for the challenges ahead.
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So who are the other key figures of the LUKS brand? Well, there’s my brother Vaclav, my dad also called Vaclav and my mum, Monika. Each one of us brings their unique abilities and skills to the team that complement each other.
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My brother Vaclav is the go-to guru for communicating with you in English. His passion is languages, and he’s the interface for interacting with you in English, and looking after the translations. It‘s thanks to him that the comfort of our shoes can be enjoyed by our customers all over the world.

He speaks English at a very advanced level, developed through his travels across the USA and speaking with the locals as if he were born and bred as one of them. He’s very patient and if you’ve got a question, he will answer it.

Vaclav, the founder

Another member of our firm is my dad Vaclav who has been making shoes since as far back as 1992. His wealth of experience in all aspects of the shoe-making craft is invaluable for us to draw on when we create our new models.

Dad is the linchpin in managing our manufacturing process. As our in-house consultant on our processes and the quality of our materials and manufacture, he helps us develop our new models and think about how we can pamper your feet even more.
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Monika

Monika is the living soul of our whole family firm. Without her steady hand on the tiller, we wouldn’t have been where we are today. She brings her insights of being able to see the big picture, and a treasure chest of innovative ideas to the way the firm functions.