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TOP NATIVE DESIGNER AND STYLIST ANGELA DEMONTIGNY LAUNCHES YOUNG NATIVE FASHION LINE WITH CHINESE STAR AYI JIHU
‘Young Native’ (@YoungNativStyle) a new fashion line from Designer Angela DeMontigny.
Maverick Native Designer and stylist Angela DeMontigny today launched her new Fashion line ‘Young Native‘ to the world in some style. We have been expecting a new young and fresh line from Angela (@womanofdesign) for some time now, but what we did not expect was the collaboration with Chinese Star Ayi Jihu.
“Live Free, Love Free” That is the motto of the ‘Young Native‘ brand designed by top Native Designer, Angela DeMontigny. This new line which has a refined ‘street’ vibe to it, is for the young, free spirited and confident 18 – 35 year old woman who wants to be sexy, classy and real but also connected with the natural and cultural elements of life. Working with Ayi Jihu to create that vibe was a shrewd move by Angela DeMontigny. Ayi Jihu is an artist, philanthropist and celebrity known for being independent and real. She is also a Native born Chinese girl, from the Yi Minority in Sichuan Province of China. She is about as native as you are gonna get coming from China and she represents a new breed of international women hungry for their place in the new world.
Angela DeMontigny worked closely with Chinese Star Ayi Jihu when creating the collection. After developing the costume for Ayi Jihu’s Fear Chaser character that is being crafted into a movie, comic book and animation, Angela and Ayi became not only close friends but colleagues. Ayi Jihu is now hard at work on her new Album set for release in 2013 as well as getting ready for her first proper Film Role in British Romantic Drama As Blue As The Sky which is set to start filming in October with a strong British cast. Angela DeMontigny is styling Ayi for her part in the film and the two have been working very hard to get everything finalized.
AYI JIHU
Working on the Young Native Fashion Line with Angela was the most fun. She really does it all and I just kinda give my opinion on what I like and what I think will go down. The whole style of the range and what it stands for suits me perfectly. I love the Tee Shirts they are so cool and each one of them stands for something. They are cultural, natural, colourful and well made, but they are also cool, street and fashionable, not as easy as you would think to achieve. When I am wearing Young Native clothes I just get so many compliments from women, which is different from just getting men looking. Just walking down the street you get people coming up to you asking, where did you get that, It’s great! Most of all it’s about how things make you feel and I feel real, sexy and even more confident when I wear the right things and Young Native gives me those feelings.
I’m really proud of what we have come up with here and I know it will go down with women all over the world. I am overjoyed to be the Ambassador for the product and feel I played a little part in how this new line is being presented. Angela is a fantastic, original designer, she is the first of her kind to really break out into high fashion. She and I are both going where no one has quite gone before and we have a kind of sister relationship. She has designed the new Fear Chaser costume (which is fantastic) and she is also designing and styling me for my live shows, videos as well as the film I am going to be working in this year. So we are just having a good time, working hard and doing good business too. I know she works closely with My management, Record and Production company Shlepp Entertainment and they had a lot to do with helping her develop the marketing and images and direction for Young Native. They are also helping her establish the brand in China so it’s very much a team effort all of this. I know everyone will love it as much as I do.
It was a natural progression for Angela, after becoming Ayi Jihu’s personal stylist and designer to craft a collection she has been planning for several years and use Ayi Jihu as a muse for her designs.
The result is the beautifull and vibrant Young Native Collection. The Young Native Collection is set to grow over the next several months with more styles and accessories being added. Ayi Jihu is proud and happy to represent this new vibrant fashion brand and hopes that it will catch on around the world and especially in China.
Head of Shlepp Entertainment Stevie Eagle E
We are constantly on the look out for strategic business alliances for our business. We are always looking for ways to expand Ayi Jihu’s presence around the world. She is not just about singing there is much more to her than that. Young Native is a fantastic brand with great growth potential and it works perfectly with Ayi Jihu. We see nothing but good things here. Angela DeMontigny is the first of her kind really, a native designer about to breakthrough into mainstream fashion. Together they form a Dream Team with us firmly behind them, making sure that the brand and the individuals get out to the world.
Ayi Jihu continues to work hard independently with Shlepp Entertainment building her brand around the world. Despite the odds she continues to grow. Her new single and album are scheduled for release in 2013 and we shall be bringing you any news first here on Global News.
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Ayi Jihu and Gladys Knight at the Fantastic Agua Casino
Chinese star Ayi Jihu met with Motown Legend Gladys Knight at the Agua Casino in Palm Springs. Ayi Jihu met with Gladys Knight and the two spent some time together before her show at the beautiful Agua Casino.
Some of the biggest names in show business play at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage. We spoke briefly with Ayi Jihu after the show. “It was a fantastic show, I have never seen her live before, in fact to be honest I have not seen much of her before, but I found I knew so many of her songs. I was supposed to meet with her in Wales UK around a month ago When James Womack hooked it up with her road management Larry Ward and due to my schedule I could not make it down to her show there. So when James Womack got in touch with us and told us they would be in Palm Springs the same time as me I was so excited. Meeting her was just amazing, it was short but very sweet, she is so kind and giving and she was very nice to me. She is a fantastic performer and singer and the stories she tells on stage are fantastic too. I learnt so much from watching her perform and being around her. I hope one day to be half as good as she is.”
Ayi continued: “The Agua has a wonderful arena for artists, one of the best I have ever seen and heard. I have now seen several desert casinos and they are all very, very nice. I hope I get to perform at these Casinos in the near future. If you come to LA or Palm Springs you gotta check out some of these desert Casinos. I know everyone thinks Vegas is the place and it is fantastic I have been there many times, but there are some great Casinos and shows in the desert too.
I want to say a special thank you to James Womack, Larry Ward and Michael Frydrych for making this happen. I am blessed to have a wonderful team.
For more information on Ayi Jihu visit her website www.ayijihu.com
Find out more about Gladys Knight here
Why not check out the Agua Casino and Spa
When the Indian Nations go Yi – Ayi Jihu meets 3 Feathers
It is truly a humbling experience to work around Ayi Jihu, covering her work and reporting back to the world. One is aware that they are seeing something special at work, something unique and something that can ultimately change the way we look at each other. Watching Ayi Jihu somehow reminds me of the great Shaka Zulu who gathered the Disparate Zulu Tribes together into one awesome fighting force and whipped the British good and proper in a way that had never been done before. Without the guns and canons and training they realized that it was their numbers and spirit that would eventually win them the day, but it took one man to help them see the way.
Ayi Jihu is minority Yi in China, and if you look at Ayi’s audience around the world you will notice they are the economic and social minorities everywhere, even though they as a whole far out number the majority. It is this attraction to minorities that has drawn Ayi towards people of colour in her style of music and dance, It is this same deep attraction and love for the underdog that has led Ayi to represent Minorities all over the world, whoever and whatever they are, and to work with them wherever and whenever possible. She loves them and they love her simply because she offers them hope with her I can, you can, I did, so you do message. Her Fear Chaser persona and mantra is simple to understand for all ages and demographics as we are all well aware of fear and what it can do. So it is of no surprise to me to see Prominent Indian Nation representative Three Feathers make the journey to Los Arboles in Palm Springs to meet the Lady his people are calling the Chinese Indian. They see Ayi Jihu as one of them all be it from another place in the world.
Just as with the Philipe the Mild mannered Mexican force behind Los Arboles hotel and various restaurants in Palm Springs one could see the instant understanding and rapport between Ayi Jihu and Three Feathers. This was more than just a meeting of two great people doing business, this was a meeting of hearts and minds and the word family seems to be the only right word to describe it.
The meeting with Three Feathers is even more significant in the wake of Ayi Jihu’s recent tour of Toronto Canada. Ayi Jihu recently teamed up with Native American designer Angela DeMontigny a prominent Native American designer who has worked with and designed for many artists including many Native American Singers and performers. It seems a theme is beginning to form itself, or is this part of a greater plan for surely there is no greater symbolic minority than the Indian and Aboriginal Nations around the world
Whether it be speaking to kids from Canada’s diverse community in Schools or hanging out with Native American daughters of Three Feathers, Ayi Jihu is well at home. With her sights now firmly set on Fear Chaser the Movie and live experience as this year and Flyy Girls about to break production sometime in April, only time will tell exactly who Ayi Jihu’s audience will be. What we do know is it will be huge, it will be diverse and it will be real.
For more information about Ayi Jihu visit www.Ayijihu.com
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