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

Lifestyle

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

 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 on Songza.
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@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed

Behind the Business

@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed

 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 how it all went down on Instagram.
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Inspiration Notebook: The Downtown Boot

Product Design

Inspiration Notebook: The Downtown Boot

 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.
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Product Design

The Search for Wide Calf Boots

 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 out how the journey made her feel like Cat Woman.
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5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business

Behind the Business

5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business

 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 from our co-founder.
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Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager

Behind the Business

Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager

 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 (and so helps us with our Spanish). Find out more about Laura...
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Tall Boots for Tall Women

Product Design

Tall Boots for Tall Women

 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 life.
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Urban English Riding Boots: Redesigning The Savannah Hill

Product Design

Urban English Riding Boots: Redesigning The Savannah Hill

 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 changed...
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Poppy Barley Makes Custom Cheerleading Boots for the NFL

Behind the Business

Poppy Barley Makes Custom Cheerleading Boots for the NFL

 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 how it all went down.
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Fort McMurray Pop-up Shop

Behind the Business

Fort McMurray Pop-up Shop

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 and swoon over, as well as iPads for you to play with so that you can select and customize your favourite styles, colour combinations and...

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

Lifestyle

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

 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 to work at a startup after graduation.
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Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!

Behind the Business

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

 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 key September dates...
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