EXPANDED Podcast by To Be Magnetic™

Ep. 25 - Fashion Design and Styling: Agnes Baddoo

Jan 18, 2019

01:10:56

Agnes Baddoo, designer and fashion entrepreneur, joins Lacy on this episode of the EXPANDED Podcast. Agnes shares with us her Afro-Caribbean heritage, NYC upbringing and how her stylish parents expanded her to manifest her own career in styling and eventually starting her own gender-neutral leather goods brand. She offers business advice for those of you interested in starting your own entrepreneurial ventures, shares how her low points in life have contributed to her journey and inspires all of us to pay attention the kismet connections in our lives.

Lacy’s Manifestation Tip

subconscious belief that enjoying life = laziness and how to step into your authentic self

In this episode, we talk about:

Growing up in NYC and Afro-Caribbean heritage
Her mother’s struggle with MS and eventual death
How her parents’ cultures played into her upbringing
Her parents trusting her intuition and honoring her judgement
Her father being a diplomat from Ghana to the United States
Her mother’s involvement in fashion
Her astrological profile
Being exposed to arts and music early on
Spirituality and how her mom exposed her to the world of self care early on
Making her own potions and eventually going into business with her creations
Starting her first line of atmosphere sprays
Being a connector
Majoring in painting in college
Working at Elle and realizing she wanted to be a stylist
Manifesting travel and her job as a stylist
Falling in love with Los Angeles
Transitioning from styling to entrepreneurship
Finding unconventional manufacturers for her bags
Selling her sprays and bags at the Echo Park Craft fair
How she got her brand press
Staying at her bridge job to allow her small business to grow
Her mother’s death and communicating with her mom now that she’s on the other side
Her mom inspiring her business
Kundalini yoga, breathwork, mantra, candle magic, crystals
Her shadow aspect of feeling like she lacks consistent follow through and how she has learned to delegate skills
Turning her weaknesses into strengths
How she turns inward to come up with solutions
Sustainability and how her brand is evolving
New products coming soon