Yang Lei

Biography

Yang Lei, also known as Teacher Yang Yang, is an intermediate-level fashion designer trained in arts and crafts. Of half-Miao heritage, she inherited her family's plant-dyeing traditions and is accomplished in a wide range of crafts, particularly Miao embroidery and random-stitch embroidery, as well as product and curriculum development. After 30 years in arts and crafts, she has recently focused on bringing dyeing and embroidery together.

She is building brands dedicated to plant-dyed textile art and Hanfu. She has served as a guest expert at Guangdong Vocational Academy of Arts, a guest mentor at Panyu Vocational Secondary School, and an advisor for graduation projects at Guangdong University of Technology. She has also been a guest mentor at Guangzhou Art School, South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic; and a specially invited instructor for Shenzhen's Xiangmihu Subdistrict, Shenzhen Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, and the Shenzhen Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

Yang is a long-term collaborator of a Guangdong Top Ten Fashion Designer and a long-term partner and volunteer of the Chi Heng Foundation in Hong Kong. She is deeply committed to public-welfare initiatives.