So what’s with the poppies?

My love of poppies borders on an obsession. I just think they are the most beautiful flowers in the world. I love how they look so delicate and fragile, yet grow so wild and strong.

My company used to be called Coqueli Co, which was a play on words for the French “coquelicot”, meaning poppy. Needless to say, it was a difficult word for non-French speakers to read and remember, so in the interest of good business, I reluctantly had to let that name go. Having a cool last name like Istanbul, though, I decided to re-launch my business under my own name.

So the long and short of it is that the poppies are vestiges of my former logo that I just love too much to leave behind.