Summary

Work History

Education

Skills

Goals

Accomplishments

Website & Social Media

Timeline

Maguette Fallou Wadje

Manhattan,NYC

Summary

Highly-motivated entrepreneur with desire to take on new opportunities in life. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. I am a very dynamic person. My faith got me where I am at today, basically my inner motivation. My business is my legacy, my fashion is my passion and my art is my healing tool. Baayfall is more than clothing. Its a spiritual lifestyle that guide every aspect of Fallou's creative process. Every piece has an intention and is created to reflect and amplify the beauty of the wearer. one of my mission is to remind my clients how powerful and beautiful they are thru fashion and art.

"If you can make the outside look Royal, you certainely have it inside You".

Baayfall is a spiritual tribe in Senegal created by my great great great grandfather, its all about community with a spiritual lifestyle. Fallou craft Fashion and Art that uplift Humankind.

Work History

CEO/Designer/Artist/Stylist

Baayfall Fashions llc

New York, NY

12.2023 - Current

2013 - 2014 Moved to New York from Senegal, worked at Porta Bella, a retail company as a sales person.
2015 - 2017 Started Baayfall Hustler as a street vendor on 125th street in Harlem (Selling custom hats and imported African jewelry). Been a muse of a Harlem Studio Museum resident, 'The Baayfalls', a very popular painting that ends up reproduced on The Highline NYC between 2019 and 2022.
2017 - 2019 Opened my first store front on 125th street and 5th avenue. Also been a muse 'Fallou' for a second time of a painting bought by Alicia Keys for The Dean Collection, published in New York Times.
2019 - 2021 Open Baayfall Atelier on 121st street and Malcolm X Blvd.
2021 - 2023 Started writing my first book 'Fallou's Path'.
Early 2023 Started painting first my feelings, then my Energies.
April 2023 Baayfall firrst Mural on 124th street and Malcolm X Blvd.
August 2023 Organized Baayfall first Solo Fashion Show in Harlem.

Education

MBA - Finance And Accounting

CESAG

Senegal

07.2009

Skills

Garment Alterations
Applied Styling Techniques
Fabric Measurement and Cutting
Superb Attention to Detail
Pattern Creation
Strong Creative Design Skills
Fashion Illustrating

Artistic and Design Vision
Art Composition
Art History
Traditional Fine Art Skills
Branding
Marketing
Customer Relations

Goals

I would like to open a store front in Harlem, to display my Fashion and Art to my community first.

Fallou’s Path is a book I will right for my entire life being. To serve its purpose, it will be published when i am no longer seen in the physical world.

The documentary of my film (YOUniverse) will be entirely dedicated to SEEKING GOD.

This is also another documentary i am looking forward to work on, 'Spiritual Solution to Life problems'.

Either in New York or/and in Senegal, Baayfall company will build a school of Spirituality thru Fashion & Art.

Accomplishments

Social and Media links Portfolio

Baayfall.com @Baayfall_Fashions @Baayfall_Art

1) Fallou published in The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/01/experts-advise-does-a-growing-new-york-city-clothing-brand-need-a-storefront-in-the-digital-age

2) Baayfall Fashions in New York Times

https://www.ft.com/content/8ee298f7-d15a-4858-a9af-03761a5028e5

3) 'Fallou' painting in New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/video/t-magazine/art/100000006354043/swizz-beatz-jordan-casteel.html

4) 'The Baayfalls' painting on The Highline NYC

https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/jordan-casteel/#:~:text=The%20Baayfalls%20is%20a%20double,she%20sold%20hats%20she%20designed.

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Website & Social Media

Baayfall.com

@Baayfall_Fashions

@Baayfall_Art

Timeline

CEO/Designer/Artist/Stylist

Baayfall Fashions llc

12.2023 - Current

MBA - Finance And Accounting

CESAG