The Read

Behind the Business

Meet the Team: Danielle, Customer Care Intern

Swamped with new fall orders, we put a call out for a Customer Care intern. Curious how the winning interview went down? Find out what made Danielle a shoe-in, plus where she went bungee jumping at 18.

Product Design

Fit Issue Friday: Embracing Your "Flaws" with Made to Measure Shoes

We've measured 500+ women for custom shoes. Here, Breanne talks embracing your perceived "flaws" (haven't shaved your legs in a while? It's winter!) and how we can solve your fit issues.

Lifestyle

Classic Holiday Cocktail Recipes: We Asked a Mixologist

Inspired by our lookbook, Star Wonder, we share four holiday cocktail recipes from one of Edmonton's top mixologists, Chuck Elves of Three Boars Eatery.

Founders' Letter

Reflecting on the First Year in Business: Four Challenges and Four Successes

Our first birthday: one complete year of changing how women buy footwear. Our co-founder, Kendall, highlights four big challenges and four successes.

Behind the Business

Win a Pair of Poppy Barley Boots with Camille Styles

We're giving away a pair of made to measure boots on Monday, Dec. 16th, 2013, with lifestyle blog Camille Styles! Find out how to enter.

Lifestyle

4 Ways to Brainstorm Startup Business Ideas

Are you searching for the "what" that will make you an entrepreneur? Here are 4 ways to brainstorm startup business ideas and start tackling your venture.

Behind the Business

The 2012-2013 Poppy Barley Timeline

In celebration of our 1st Birthday, we created an official Poppy Barley Timeline with photos, anecdotes and videos. Click a date and find out about The Eureka! Moment, The Mistake Boot, and that time we made boots for Alberta's Premier.

Product Design

Inspiration Notebook: The Uptown Boot

Doesn't this boot make you excited for the holiday season? By definition, The Uptown is all about cool sophistication and the ideal escort for shopping, winter walks, Christmas parties and New Year's Eve.

Behind the Business

7 Reasons Why a PB Gift Card is the PERFECT Present

You can't deny it: the holiday season has arrived. And we're here to help you with your wish list! Fill in a Poppy Barley Gift Card Request Form to let your loved one know that you'd like custom shoes this year.

Product Design

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

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, and which coat and boot styles work best for your height.

Lifestyle

Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende

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 traveled to the nearby colonial city of San Miguel de Allende to join the festivities.

Product Design

Inspiration Notebook: The Classic Riding Boot

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 feel pretty sentimental about it.