The Read

Product Design

How to Style Your Boots: A Q&A with L2Style

9-minute read Our expert stylist breaks down all the outfits from "An Autumn Afternoon", Pt. I of our F/W '13 Lookbook. Find out how to mix prints,...

Lifestyle

Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende

2-minute read Our recent trip to the studio in León coincided with a very special Mexican holiday, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead). And so we...

Product Design

Inspiration Notebook: The Classic Riding Boot

2-minute read This equestrian-inspired boot laid the foundation for our first-ever collection of made to measure boots. As the original, inaugural, pioneering Poppy Barley style, we naturally...

Product Design

Now Available: Nubuck Color Blocking on Leather Boots

1-minute read We've just added Nubuck colour blocking options to The Uptown Boot and The Downtown Boot! A more luxurious alternative to suede, this material provides just...

Product Design

Tall Boots for Athletic Calves

4-minute read Poppy Barley founder and marathon runner Kendall Barber describes her lifelong hunt for boots for athletic calves and how Poppy Barley can accommodate wide calf...

Product Design

Now Available: Toffee & Chocolate Brown Flats

1-minute read We've just added two new beautiful leather options to our F/W '13 Flats Collection! And don't they look good enough to eat?

Behind the Business

Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. II

4-minute read When executed well, a brand can be an extremely powerful force, producing a tribe-like mentality as its audience shifts from passive observers to active participants...

Behind the Business

Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. I

5-minute read Our Brand Design Manager, Monica, looks back at Poppy Barley's initial branding sketches—from mood boards to logos—and explores the in-depth and often complex processes that...

Behind the Business

7 Key Traits in Good Co-founder Relationships and Why Working with Your Sibling Works

9-minute read The foundations of good co-founder relationships are the same, regardless of if you’re related. But working with your sibling has inherent advantages.

Behind the Business

Poppy Barley Reviews: A Testimonial for Large Calf Boots

1-minute read One of our customers—Wedding Photographer, Hailey—shares her experience of measuring, designing and wearing Poppy Barley tall boots.

Behind the Business

Iteration: The Key to Building a Startup Website

6-minute read "The first version of your startup website sucks... and that’s ok." Our developer, Daelan, talks startup website tips and reveals the process behind launching PoppyBarley.com.

Lifestyle

Poppy Barley Is On Songza! Listen to Our First Curated Playlist: Office Grooves

1-minute read We spend long hours with our headphones in at work, so we decided it was time to start curating our own playlists. Follow Poppy Barley...