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
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