Peter Mui is a Chinese-American fashion designer, actor, and country musician in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. Born and raised in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...

, he has made a career out of his cross-cultural identity.

Fashion

Peter Mui co-founded Tungtex (Holdings) Co Ltd, a Hong Kong-based garment maker. He is the President and 49% owner of Yellow River, Inc., a New York-based garment firm which is 51% owned by Tungtex. Using tattoo art as a vehicle to express individuality and an attention to ethnic and cultural heritage Peter Mui founded the tattoo clothing brands Yellowman, Misplaced Cowboy, Samurai Surfer, and Mui Mui.

Traveling the world in search of tattoo artists, Mui found 10 of the best and devised a way to transfer an art traditionally done on skin onto clothing. The shirts, adorned with tattoo designs ranging from Maori tribal to American traditional, have become what Mui calls "wearable art," and the number of artists he uses has grown to 75. Says Mui, "I look at my [pieces of clothing] as being collectibles."

Peter Mui's tattoo clothing has been featured in top magazines, including pictorials with supermodel Lucia Dvorska

Lucia Dvorská

Lucia Dvorská is a Slovak model who appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. She grew up in a village in western Slovakia, called Zohor. Despite appearing in a television commercial as a child, she didn’t start modeling until age 16...

 in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession. In addition, the issue is a media nexus that in 2005 carried in advertising....

In addition to producing clothing for his own brands, Peter Mui develops signature tattoo clothing lines for Athleta

Athleta

Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.-Species:Species within the genus Athleta include:* Athleta abyssicola * Athleta boswellae...

 and Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

 (HD-Ink), and has produced special edition tattoo clothing collections for Marvel

Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC , formerly Marvel Enterprises and Toy Biz, Inc., is an American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc....

 and Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...

.

Music

Peter Mui expresses his pride in his Oklahoma upbringing through his Country Music. Striving to become "The first recognized Asian Country singer", Mui has produced multiple tracks under the name Misplaced Cowboy.

Art

Peter Mui holds the largest collection of original tattoo art by what he considers to be the world's top tattoo artists. For over 15 years Mui has traveled the globe, seeking out the top tattoo masters of every style. His collection contains multiple original works by artists, including Japan's Horiyoshi III

Horiyoshi III

Horiyoshi III is a horishi tattoo artist, specializing in Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or "suits," called Irezumi or Horimono.-Biography:Horiyoshi III was born Yoshihito Nakano in 1946....

, Swiss artist Filip Leu, American Traditional tattoo icon Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts is a 1992 film written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is a satirical mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election...

, Spain's tattoo realist Robert Hernandez, Biomechanical tattoo pioneers Guy Aitchison

Guy Aitchison

Guy Aitchison is a renowned tattoo artist and a painter born in Michigan. Aitchison began painting album covers in 1985 and began tattooing in 1988. He has also released several books. He owns a studio called Hyper Space Studios with his wife, Michele Wortman, who is also a tattoo artist and...

 and Aaron Cain, tribal tattoo artists Leo Zulueta and Roger Ingerton.

Filmography

Mui appeared as A Merry Prankster character in Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song...

's Across the Universe

Across the Universe (film)

Across the Universe is a musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot is centered around songs by The Beatles. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original...

(2007), movie set to 33 of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' songs.

• Across the Universe
  Across the Universe (film)
  Across the Universe is a musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot is centered around songs by The Beatles. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original...
  
  (2007)

External links

• http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2008/july/194382.html#ixzz0M0kQ94PE