Meet Kit Yee. She works for one of the factories we work with in Hong Kong and visited our office last week… It was an awesome opportunity to get to know each other, and to work hand-in-hand with our designers and production team. She saw a lot of Philadelphia during her stay, including a visit (…) Read more »
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our new store, greenwich connecticut!
Jun 27, 2007Last week, the Free People display team, the merchandisers, and the retail teams were all busy setting up our new store in Greenwich, Connecticut! You should definitely go visit the store and see how it came out, but here are some “behind the scenes” of the preparation. The above photos are of the finished art (…) Read more »
our story
Jun 25, 2007Lots of people ask about the history of Free People, how the brand was started, about the relationship with Urban Outfitters, etc. Well, now we have posted our story on our website for all to read. Check it out here! (…) Read more »
baby onesies
Jun 12, 2007We had a baby shower last week for our Planner (she figures out how much we need to buy of each style, what stores to send which styles, she manages all the numbers). All of her coworkers from the buying and web teams made her these adorable onesies! They have heat transfer graphics and are (…) Read more »
web shoot
Jun 05, 2007Our web team was working on a photoshoot with new product for our website, so I made a visit and took some random photos. Here we see hair & makeup… I’m sure you’ve noticed our latest backgrounds that look like photographs, and sometimes they look so real you’d think they shot on location. Well here’s (…) Read more »
ribbons & trims
Jun 04, 2007Our accessories designer has just returned from a month of travelling in India and Hong Kong. She brought back all of these amazing trims and ribbons to use for inspiration. They all looked so great together, so her team made this cool display and hung them on the wall in their office. Don’t you just (…) Read more »
brainstorming
May 02, 2007I was deleting photos on my camera and found these shots I took at a trend meeting last year. This is when the designers were first starting to think about the India and Africa trends that have been our past two design concepts. Everyone on the design team brought in inspiration that related to the (…) Read more »
blue stripes and more swap info!
May 01, 2007So there were seriously eight different FP employees in the home office yesterday wearing blue and white stripes. How ridiculous is that? And yes, we have an FP man! He merchandises the stores! And about the swap… There are just under 200 people signed up! woohoo! Thanks to all you bloggers that spread the word! (…) Read more »
employee desk…heather
Apr 20, 2007This is the desk of Heather. She is the Free People Direct Operations Supervisor. She works in the home office and oversees the distribution center and customer service concerns that require the above and beyond. She likes to keep her stuffed creatures in a jar. Most of these little Mexican icons were gifts bought at (…) Read more »
journey is the destination
Apr 10, 2007I promised to share a couple of books that were really inspiring to the creative team while working on April’s catalog. The first is called “Zara’s Tales” , a memoir about Peter Beard’s adventures in Africa and dedicated to his daughter, Zara. Beard’s beautiful photography and drawings are scattered throughout. The second is called “The (…) Read more »
employee desk
Mar 30, 2007This is Kate’s desk. Kate is the Web Production Manager. That means she makes the website go. She is the keeper of all things website related. One of Kate’s favorite objects on her desk is this Hawaii “snowglobe” that doubles as a calendar. This is not to remind her of a fabulous time she had (…) Read more »
work for free people!
Mar 30, 2007Thought I’d give you guys the inside scoop…Free People is looking for creative talent for intimates design and accessories. Wanna work for Free People? Apply online here. P.S. Keep in mind we are based in Philadelphia. (…) Read more »
