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Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager

5-minute read Our seventh team member is 2,500 miles away from our head office. She's a mom, loves to travel, and used to be an English professor...

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Poppy Barley Makes Custom Cheerleading Boots for the NFL

5-minute read At a special request, we made 86 pairs of custom cheerleading boots for two NFL cheerleading teams—the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiderettes. Here's...

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Fort McMurray Pop-up Shop

1-minute read

FORT MCMURRAY // September 20th-22nd, 2013 Come shop Poppy Barley’s F/W ’13 Collection. We’ll have plenty of samples on hand for you to view, touch...

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Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!

3-minute read Poppy Barley is popping up in your city! Come out to view the new F/W '13 collection in Calgary, Fort McMurray and Edmonton on these...

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Meet the Team: Justine, Co-founder

3-minute read Despite her eye for design and her cool sense of style, Justine's background is a far cry from fashion and shoemaking (although, she did hope...

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Meet the Team: Daelan, Developer

2-minute read Although that's his technical job title at Poppy Barley, he's also our in-house photographer, videographer, comedian, musician-DJ extraordinaire (he really was a '90s DJ), and...

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#PBWorthWalking: See Who's Entered to Win Custom Shoes

1-minute read We have been completely blown away, inspired and moved by all the people entering our Instagram giveaway with @CarmynJoy. Where would you wear perfectly fitted...

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Meet @CarmynJoy + Enter Our #PBWorthWalking Giveaway

7-minute read We've got a super fun and interactive contest going on with local Instagram star, @CarmynJoy! Meet the girl behind the pretty images, and enter to...

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Poppy Barley x Alberta BoostR Crowdfunding Appreciation Party

1-minute read You helped us raise $28,550 at Alberta BoostR! Thanks to you, we're moving forward with development of our F/W '13 Heeled Boots Collection. Let's celebrate!

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Meet the Team: Kendall, Co-founder

2-minute read You've met our Customer Insights Specialist, our Community Manager, and our Brand Design Manager. Today we're profiling one of our all-star founders, who doesn't only...

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Calgary Popup Sale Alert! Get Measured at #PARKSALE13

1-minute read Gather your shoe-loving, fashion-crazy and art aficionado friends: Poppy Barley is going to be at PARKSALE 2013 on Saturday, August 17th at Haultain Park!

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@PoppyBarley Filmstrip

4-minute read From Mexico to Calgary, from palm trees to canola fields, here's a recap of what we've been up to over the past few months, as...