Peter Mui Tribute Video

A tribute video of YellowMan founder Peter Mui by Andreas Engel offers a glimpse into the creative mind behind the man.

 

A Terry Tribute to Peter Mui

Terry's VP for Marketing, Paula Dyba, wears a YMX jersey at California's GranFondo cycling event. - photo by Ron Wu

Donning YMX cycling jerseys, Terry’s VP for Marketing, Paula Dyba, recently participated in the California GranFondo cycling event. Luckily for YellowMan/YMX, she brought along her photographer, Ron Wu. She chronicled her experience at the event, and wrote a heart-felt tribute to commemorate YellowMan founder Peter Mui. It’s a good read.

YellowMan/YMX momentum prompts full category at Athleta.com

Athleta.com now features a sport category devoted towards YellowMan

We’ve said it before: Things are going strong for YellowMan at Athleta. So strong, in fact, that Athleta.com now is devoting an entire category of their site to YellowMan For Athleta products. You might also notice that their YellowMan For Athleta line is expanding.

Peter Mui Memorial/Celebration at Hiro Ballroom, NYC

Peter Mui Memorial Celebration at the Hiro Ballroom, NYC

YellowMan founder Peter Mui had only two fears: throwing a party and having nobody show up, and stage fright. But Monday evening, October 19th, 2009, at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC, Peter Mui was center stage to a packed house filled with an extremely diverse crowd, assembled together to honor his life and his legacy. The Hiro Ballroom, at the Maritime Hotel in NYC’s Chelsea district, set a fitting atmosphere of cultural diversity, an attribute that was important to Peter Mui. Warmly lit Asian lanterns and motifs filled the space, centered with a large, rotating, block-lettered “PETER MUI” disco ball above the ballroom floor.

If guests were expecting a somber event, they were in for a surprise. The evening included a Chinese Lion Dance performance from Kwan’s Kung Fu Studio, theatrical video presentations, live music performances, DJ’s spinning celebrative music, and even dancing.

The event brought together an eclectic blend of guests. Among the attendees were family, friends, co-workers, tattoo artists, musicians, film producers, fashion designers and models, young and old and everything in between. As much as what was represented, though, it represented only a cross-section of the larger network of friends Peter Mui established around the world.

Hosted by Mui’s daughter, TV, the evening began with a music video presentation by Christian Carroll. Before his presentation Carroll noted that the music video was representative of a project Mui always dreamed of making, but never completed. Carroll’s video involved a theatrical dramatization of Mui’s adventurous life, set to the music of Mui’s own “Every Man Dies” track under the name Misplaced Cowboy. Drawing good humor from the crowd, Carroll noted that his production “is probably not what Peter envisioned.” Carroll’s interpretation, bringing together aspects of Mui’s early gambling experiences, gold mining expeditions, business prospects, dancing, and love interests, set the energetic and theatrical tone for the evening.

Carroll’s music video was followed by personal comments from Mui’s brother and sister, Roger and Sui, respectively.

The evening’s first musical performance was performed by rising star, Reeve Carney. Performing his slow-paced, melodic song “Think of You“, in his Jeff Buckley-esque voice, Carney brought the house into an emotional, contemplative zone.

The second video presentation, by Andreas Engel, featured a range of Peter Mui’s accomplishments and experiences. Editing together scraps of raw materials from Mui’s many creative projects, Engel presented an eight minute video filled with animation concepts, reality show pilot footage, video of extreme athletes wearing Mui’s YellowMan clothing, and clips from his Yellow River company staff. Engel’s video concluded with video footage of Mui and his family on a boat trip in Bermuda. Mui is heard singing as the boat sets forth to sea.

Following Engel’s emotional video tribute, a Lion Dance performance by Kwan’s Kung Fu Studio from Peekskill, NY, brought the house back up to a celebrative spirit. Although Lion Dances are traditionally performed at the start of a new year (and not for memorial services!), this performance was included in the program to represent Mui’s zest for crossing barriers, and to highlight Mui’s multi-cultural identity. The Lion Dance was particularly enjoyed by the younger attendees at the event, which included all of Mui’s children and their friends from school.

Following the Lion Dance performance, Mui’s daughter, TV, took to the stage with a full band to perform two songs. Her first performance was her version of The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand“, as performed in Julie Taymore’s film “Across the Universe.” TV noted that her singing the song in the film was one of her father’s proudest moments. Following that song she performed her version of Mui’s “Every Man Dies.” A slide show montage played over the heads of the performers while they played, and the audience was encouraged to sing along during the chorus.

TV Carpio and Reeve Carney performing at Peter Mui's memorial event at the Hiro Ballroom, NYC

The event schedule concluded with Mui’s wife, Jenny, and family taking the stage for a few parting words.

Following the evenings schedule, live drummers and DJ’s accompanied the house to a festive conclusion with dancing, cupcakes, and togetherness amongst friends.

It was the party Peter Mui always wanted, and it was celebrated as such by all.

YellowMan/YMX at Interbike 2009, Las Vegas

You know something is catching on when people start showing up to YellowMan’s trade show booth wearing YellowMan clothing. Such was the case when YellowMan presented its new line of YMX tattoo cycling jerseys for Men and Women at this year’s Interbike trade show in Las Vegas. In fact, YellowMan’s superior technical fabrics weilding killer tattoo prints were so inspirational that people wanted to buy the samples right off the rack!

Something is going right when fans start wearing YellowMan clothing to the YellowMan trade show booth.

Walking the Interbike trade show, there clearly wasn’t any comparison to the YellowMan garments. All other technical garments felt synthetic, were bulky or multi-layered. Prints were generic, simple, and lacking in thematic range. But YellowMan’s garments attracted awe in their lightweight, silky hand feel fabrics, and impressive library of original art. It’s no wonder they attracted so much attention.

The good news is that YellowMan’s YMX athletic line is expanding, so those that wanted to buy off the rack will soon be able to buy it at YellowMan.com, Athleta, through Terry Precision Cycling for Women, Paragon Sports, and beyond! For advanced notification of availability, be sure to sign up to the YellowMan mailing list. You don’t want to miss out!

YellowMan presents its new line of YMX cycling jerseys ant the 2009 Interbike trade show in Las Vegas