Our Story

Who ever thought that a 17 year old kid could start a clothing brand? Well, that's how our story started. Tim's passion for entrepreneurship and encouraging other people inspired the creation of this brand. He came up to Val (left) and shared his idea and design with him. The Flamingo design is something that we both thought looked awesome. So we decided to scratch our own itch and create a logo based around that. The "Fly" part of the name comes from our mission to encourage young people to Fly to unforeseen and incredible heights. Figuratively of course, we mean reaching their dreams and making them into a reality. The purpose of this brand is to share the story behind two guys who set out to serve others, develop a powerful message, obtain freedom to live our fullest lives, and encourage young people to do the same.  

There was a lot of fear involved when facing criticism, difficulty, financial restraints, and social pressures. We had thoughts of quitting, restarting, postponing, and any other excuse to avoid making this idea real; but we made it anyway. It is tough for young people to make it in a business world because they are seen as inexperienced, naive and lazy. Yet these stereotypes flared up the passion of Flymingo. The power of the story behind these shirts embodies the struggles, successes and failures that two young people endured when creating a brand new business. It holds to show that age is only a small part of accomplishing anything in life.

Here at Flymingo, we believe that passion, creativity, confidence, and hard work produces a focused vision and leads people of all ages to success. Flymingo proves that dreams become very real when you compound passion, countless hard working hours, and perseverance in following an ambition you believe in. Our journey is just beginning but has already been met with much excitement and experiences. We aim to encourage you to start on your journey as well; and then share your story with the rest of the world. 

-Val and Tim