Courtney and Lizzy made some beautiful marbled papers for our “trend walls.” As the designers are developing a trend, they designate a wall in the hallway where they post all kinds of inspirational images, artwork, magazine tears, trims, etc. You’ll have to wait a few months to see what comes of the trend with the (…) Read more »
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employee profile
Apr 01, 2008*First name: Luren *How long have you worked at Free People? Close to 2 years *Tell me about your job: I draw on the walls at the new Free People stores during the openings, mostly in the fitting rooms. I design the seasonal visual display that goes to all the stores with my team, which (…) Read more »
doggy cake
Mar 31, 2008Check out this amazing beagle birthday cake that Jill (the Training Manager at the Customer Service Call Center) received for her birthday. It was actually made by her husband Pablo, who works in the South Carolina fulfillment center where all Free People orders are shipped from. Pretty impressive. The design was likely inspired by Pablo (…) Read more »
jack the dog
Mar 26, 2008I know you’ve met some of the home office pets in the past (see here and here) but it’s been a while. There are some new faces and they want some attention! Jack was a rescue dog from Morris Animal Shelter in Philadelphia. Word was that he was poisoned at the age of 4 months (…) Read more »
happy v day!
Feb 14, 2008Here is one more mix CD from the Urban Outfitters Home Office Swap. This was made by Meredith, the Allocation Analyst for the Free People stores! (If you’re wondering what that means, Meredith figures out how many units of each size and color of a style get shipped to each store. She analyzes all kinds (…) Read more »
some kind of love
Feb 10, 2008Here is Heather’s mix for the Urban Outfitters Home Office Vday mix CD swap. She is the Free People Direct Operations Manager. Message from Heather… “Here’s my play list for the Valentines CD Exchange. One requirement for inclusion was that all songs had to be “old enough to drink” so all of the tracks are (…) Read more »
valentine mix cd’s
Feb 01, 2008Urban Outfitters organized a Valentine Mix CD Swap here among home office employees across the three brands (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People). Over the next two weeks, I’m going to feature some of the mixes made by people in the FP home office. This is the first mix made by Kelly. She works in (…) Read more »
shoe wall detail
Jan 29, 2008We received a lot of comments about the wall of shoes behind the “twins” so I thought we’d give you a closer look. These are just old shoes from thrift shops attacked by our display team with glitter and craft supplies. (…) Read more »
twins
Jan 25, 2008There were a bunch of people in the home office yesterday that were wearing very similar outfits. Everybody found their twin and posed for a little photoshoot. (…) Read more »
sales samples!
Jan 08, 2008Today the Free People design team received the sales samples for the end of summer and fall. This is the first time the designers see their creations as they will look when you see them at the store. This is after a long process of hand made samples, drawings, fittings and revisions. Still ahead there (…) Read more »
candy
Oct 30, 2007I’m sure you all have Halloween candy on your minds, but there is a different kind of candy spirit going on here. The Free People elves have been working hard to prepare for our holiday store displays. Here are some pictures of the progress of the gingerbread houses being made here in the office. Lots (…) Read more »
