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Behind the Business

@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed

4-minute read Over the past two months, we held pop-up shops throughout Alberta and watched women all over the world receive their custom Poppy Barley flats. Here's...

Product Design

Inspiration Notebook: The Downtown Boot

2-minute read A charming take on the punk-rock trend, this is our edgiest style yet. These bespoke studded boots pay homage to the season's loudest fashion moment.

Product Design

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...

Behind the Business

5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business

9-minute read Pitching your business is intimidating. Pitch wrong and you’re not inspiring confidence in your business. Pitch well and there lies tremendous opportunity. Here's 5 tips...

Behind the Business

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...

Product Design

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...

Product Design

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...

Behind the Business

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...

Behind the Business

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...

Lifestyle

Working at a Startup After Graduation: Why You Should Do It

6-minute read Before she was our Customer Insights Specialist, she was one of our first customers. Find out why (apart from finding perfectly fitted boots) Breanne decided...

Behind the Business

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...

Behind the Business

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...