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The Search for Wide Calf Boots

4-minute read Our Brand Design Manager, Monica, shares her struggle with shopping for wide calf boots and explains how Poppy Barley has "normalized" all fit issues. Find...

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Tall Boots for Tall Women

8-minute read Our 6'0" community manager, Caroline, shares her experience of growing up tall, searching for tall boots for tall women, and how Poppy Barley changed her...

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Urban English Riding Boots: Redesigning The Savannah Hill

3-minute read From western boots to English riding boots, we've done a redesign on The Savannah Hill Boot. In addition to color blocking options, here's what we...

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The Results Are In: Here's What You Want In Perfect Rounded-Toe Ballet Flats

3-minute read Your survey answers were more than insightful—and made us realize that we were about to make the wrong decisions about a few design elements...

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Introducing: Our Fall 2013 Custom Shoe Colours

1-minute read With colder temperatures comes warm and saturated shades. Introducing Poppy Barley's Fall '13 Leather Colours for our bespoke boots and custom shoes.

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Limited Time Leathers: Robin Egg & Peony at Poppy Barley

1-minute read We're making room for our Fall 2013 leathers! As of September 2013, Robin Egg & Peony will no longer be available in the shop. Find...

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A Development Update On Our Rounded-Toe Ballet Flat

4-minute read Over the past few months, we’ve shared photos of The Contemporary Ballet flat--and many of you are excitedly awaiting its arrival. Here's the story behind...

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Now Available: Plum Nude Flats

1-minute read We've added a seventh leather colour to our S/S '13 Flats Collection! And so, naturally, we took to Polyvore to put together a few mood...

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Behind-the-Scenes at our S/S '13 Flats Lookbook Shoot

3-minute read Compiling a Lookbook from thousands of images takes tough love. Here's a chance to go behind-the-scenes and take another look...

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Inspiration Notebook: The Savannah Hill, Summertime Boots

1-minute read Inspired by wide open spaces and big prairie skies, The Savannah Hill makes a subtle nod to the west. How would you style it?

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Help us build our F/W '13 Heeled Boots Collection with Alberta BoostR!

2-minute read Through crowdfunding, our campaign goal is to raise $10,000. If we don't meet it, we get nothing. If you contribute, we'll spoil you with awesome...

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Inspiration Notebook: Modern Mary-Jane Flats

1-minute read Darling, daring, and de rigueur, this retro flat is tailor-made for any occasion.