 I can get you a family. That's what we do around here, bro. We don't talk to the workers. We talk to the bosses. You feel me? Had you been talking to the workers, that might've took six to eight weeks just to get the request in. Gold ball that talked the record to the boss, the owner, the creator, soul proprietor. You feel me? That's right. Black owned, black created. You got black parents. Black siblings. Black siblings. Black relatives. Black cousins. Black cousins. Are you gonna have a black Christmas? Yeah. You sure? You hesitate. Because everybody dreaming of a white Christmas. You're right. But I won't mind to be black. I'm gonna think about that this year. I'm trying to find somebody who can sing so we can do some black Christmas carols, too. Oh. I like where you're going with this. It's almost time. I'm gonna give you a few moments just to let everything settle. You know, before we get to talking big business and stuff. Where you from? Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. You hit this? Oh, my family from West Tennessee. My mama from Humboldt. My camp folks from Memphis. Come on now. Come on now. My mama now from Humboldt. My dad. My mama now. My daddy from Jackson. I got camp folk in Memphis. Oh, OK, OK, OK. Look out your ass, town. Yeah. Two red lights, three stars sign. Thanks, out it. A lot of fish. Great people, though. Great people. Country folk. Country folk. Big biscuits. They like them big biscuits. Where you from, Oshane? Jersey. Oh, you know nothing about the shit we talking about. Just bricks. I said just moral support. Just bricks and desperation. A lot of wind in New Jersey. A lot of wind. Nobody ever tells you about the wind. New Jersey? Well, Oshane told me about it. That shit crazy. Yes. Yes, that'd be crazy. One thing about New Jersey, like, you'll think you had some nice shit. Then some ghetto ass shit just happened. I don't know what you're gonna be like. What the fuck? Y'all ready to do this? Y'all about ready? Well, you know what that means. You know what has to happen before anything. They're calling already. That's crazy how that happened. Let me stop ringing this bell. We ain't taking no pre-orders today. Mr. Bote, Oshane. Welcome back to the black market. Yes, indeed. You already know what the mission statement here today is, man. It's to highlight support. I don't know, Kia. Well, it's to highlight and support black-owned minority businesses, independent entrepreneurs, people out here doing they thing. You feel me? And today, there's no exception. We got some lovely Bote-Tas from the Bote-Tas Shorty Collection, right? We got this Bote-Tas shorty herself. How you doing? I'm good, how are you? This is Kia Hayes. Yes. And her friend, Oshane, for moral support. Don't Oshane sound like some good lick, like some good whine. Like, it's like, it ain't like $7 a bottle with it. It's like, sweet, let me get you fucked up. Man, who's on the Oshane? With some sea basses, some halibut? Oh. Sea basses. Can you bring me some more Oshane sauce for this? That'll go. We'd like to welcome you all to the black market. Thank you for having us. No, thank you for being a part of what we're creating over here. This whole platform is just to highlight and inform our people of what we're doing out here in these streets. So give them a brief introduction of yourself. Introduce them to your products. And we're just going to go from there. I'm Kia Hayes. I am the owner and creator of Bowtie Shawty. I started making bowties in 2015, just making them for myself. And then as I went for myself, other people would want them. I started out using hot glue. And then I learned how to sew because people would want to bowties. So I took it more serious and started selling, learned how to sew. My auntie taught me how to sew. Out of all things, when did you notice that you needed a bow tie? I just really wanted one. Like, I wanted a can't take a lot of bow tie. And I couldn't find it. So I created it. Like, I was at a training for work one day. And I was like, I want a bow tie. Just something different, something eclectic, something that ain't nobody else got. And then I got the Googling and looking and couldn't find it. So I was like, well, I'm going to go to the store and get some hot glue and some fabric. And that's what I did. And I created it. Now you got a whole line. Now I got a whole line. When did it take off? It took off. Like, took off, took off like a few years ago. But I mean, people have been asking over time. But like, really started taking off like a few years ago. And then you got your home girl, would you? She got her bow tie on. So like, how long y'all been working together, friends? All that. So we met in 2019. And at work. Did she have a bow tie on? Yes. So she had a bow tie on at work. And I'm like, oh, I like your bow tie. And I would keep seeing her with bow ties, different bow ties. I'm like, you make these bow ties? She's like, yeah, I make them. I said, you should have like, you should make a brand in the LLC. She's like, oh, I have that already. Like, why aren't you selling these? I was lucky with it. So all of that started about 2019, 2020. And then you started finding vendors. I started sending vendors, places for her to vendor. And then it just started to pop. And here we are. Here you are. Shilling with you. All right. So like, where are they available? We got a website working there. I have a website. You can go to www.bowtieshottie.com. I have an Instagram, bowtie.shottie. I'm mainly, I sell a lot at events. So I do like pop-up shops, or like how I met Ryan at Pond City Market at the event there. I've ended at the New Black Wall Street Market. So I get a lot of my love when I'm out in the streets in the community. Who is your market? Like, who is your audience? Everybody. Target. Men, women, children, black, white, Asian. So you got some vultas for old black men? Because you know, they love a vulta. The bigger the better. The old black man, uh, Bobby. You saw me turn this off. I saw you turn it off. Now, that's some scary shit right there, though. I know for a fact that shit was off. Is it off? The market boomin'. It's because you got both eyes on you. They heard that bill. They know both high shelters up here. You know, I got a whole page of information about you. I see that you went to Clark Atlanta. I did. So like, you know, Atlanta's a very creative place. So did this have, like, the city have any influence on your creativity at all? Push or a lot of influence. They love it here in Atlanta. Yeah. They love, like, entrepreneurship and black-owned businesses and stuff like that. Like, I feel like this city will push you to do that. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. And Atlanta, it's like, they accept a lot here. Like, there is no limit to fashion here. Whereas back at home, not to shade Nashville, they haven't really caught up yet. You better watch what you say about Nashville, because our Nashville market is heavy. They do not play. Yeah, I mean, that's home. That's home. So, but I mean, facts are facts. They haven't really caught up yet. But here in Atlanta, oh, they ready. I know, because when I do shows there, I still be doing the crowd with tall T's on. Great, let's check that out. Yeah, so Atlanta has definitely been a great influence. Like, let me make something different, but he spoke here. Yeah. Tell me what you think, man. It is like, tell us about some of the ones you brought today. Well, he asked earlier, which one is my favorite? So I have my, this brown leather one is my favorite with a zipper on the side. What you put in the little pocket? Nothing, it's just, sometimes it has like fabric under, another fabric under there that you can zip it down and let that fabric show through. Sometimes I put another zipper under there just to kind of give it extra detail. Yeah. But a lot of people are asking me to make it a pocket so that they can put money in there or put like their house key in there. I haven't got there yet, but. In due time. In due time, right. I don't know, I could put like a little piece of blood. I mean, you could probably fit a piece of blood. Little piece of blood. Maybe a little piece of blood in there. I wanna see you go extreme with it. I wanna see a double bow tie, like one up here then like, yeah. Okay. I'm gonna work on it. Yeah. And send it to you. Since you the creator, I feel like your bow tie gotta be a little more extreme than everybody else's. Yeah, for sure. So you got one for like every outfit? I mean, yeah, I don't even go with anything. It's just a matter of how you put it together. I see how you put yours together. Like how you sauce it up or like. I gotta say it on camera, I feel underdressed. Had I known I would at least throw me some shit together while I could do a little play of bow tie on there with it. I'm sorry. But yeah, you can dress it up, dress it down. Have you wanna sauce it up this on you? Yeah. Where you wanna take it to next? What's the next goal? I wanna be a designer for like fashion shows, award shows. I do wanna work with like some of my favorite influencers. Like I was telling him earlier, Tiana Taylor is one of my favorite influencers. Say it. I'm saying that. I wanna work with Tiana Taylor and her family, like create all of them a bow tie for whatever they needed for. I've worked with Jada Waiter, well, she set me up and I sent her some bow ties. Jada Waiter. Jada Waiter. Stop playing. You didn't have to flex on me like that. Build me up a little bit more. You should have slid one more in there. Well, I mean, I've worked with her. So just continue to work with some of my favorite influencers and just. I want you to tell me some more. It's just interesting to see, you know, like the connections. Who else you got on your short list of people to work with? Tap with the brown. You got to. Yes. You absolutely must. Tap with the brown. That lady has, that's one of my favorite people on social media. Like, you know, you just be scrolling, then you pop up on her and she be like, hey, there. She's so having a good day. Yeah, like she was waiting on him. Even when she was being mean, she was being nice. She said she went off on a windy week. Oh yeah. You probably feel like this cause you don't know what love is for real. I was like, no, don't do it like that. Tap with the brown. I love that lady. Shout out to Miss Tap with the brown. Yeah, I want to work with her one day. Reach out to her. She probably hit you back. I've sent one to her. Send it again. She had an influx, you know, she was doing a lot at once. Sometimes it take a while. Don't think that people ain't seeing it. You know, they might just have to follow up. What if she would have been like, where's that little girl with the bow tie? Sometimes you gotta follow up. See, it's a sign cause they fell again. That's how you know them tell them the truth. We're not gonna worry about that one cause that one keep falling out. It's heavy. It's actually heavy. Just lay it across. Yeah, just lay it right. It don't want to be. It want to do its own thing. Yeah, they get like this sometimes. Well, that's a good feature to show that her bow ties, you don't have to know how to tie. Oh, yeah, that's another thing. You don't have to tie a bow tie? I do not. That's why I made it to where you can wear like a necklace and just adjust it to your comfort. Cause a lot of people don't have to tie a bow tie. My baby got a big head. You can just kind of just throw that. You just unhook it. You know the little baby's big? All right, let's do it. Yeah, just unhook it and tie like a new end. Hook it like a necklace. Oh man. So how did you, like your family been supportive of, you know, your ventures and stuff like that? Yeah, they're my number one supporter. Where? My family, my family love it. They love it. My dad, my mom and dad are so proud of me. I'm gonna give you a clap. Yes, ma'am. I know your daddy be at work. Yeah, yeah, my daughter made this. She got her own boot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, with the pocket. Keep my light in there. What's the pocket? Yeah, my family, they my number one supporter. Yeah. They real proud of me. That's what's up, man. So you heavy into the fashion and things of that nature. By accident. By accident. Cause I went to school for social work. Why? Cause I love helping people. No you don't. You just think of you. I like helping people. Fuck that. It gets hard sometimes. Hell yeah. Then they'll be willing to pay the social worker right. Yeah, they don't pay us. Shit. Nah, that's good though. If you went for something, you don't gotta have a passion about some shit out of it. But you ain't, like you're doing another form of social work. Yeah, I'll take another journey. Yeah. Well, we always support whatever you got going on, whatever you need. We're gonna get together on some. We need you both ties for the whole 85 South crew. Can we take some of this fabric and make them some or something like that? We can figure something out. We gon' figure it out. Yeah. I can see it now, J-O-N. We gotta get somebody to teach you how to tie a bow tie. That'll be hard. I like the necklace. I know it. Cause it's more convenient. But it's a whole nother market that we ain't touched yet. You right. I see where you go with this. You feel what I'm saying? Open me up, you right. And it needs to be hard to do too. So everybody can't, you know what I mean? Everybody can't. Make it exclusive. You right. I'm gonna hook you up. Then I'll bring you back and then we'll just do a whole how you tie a bow tie, J-O-N. Ajane, you gotta come too. Oh, of course. See, I'm all ready to make it plans for the future. I got you. Drop the social media one more time so they can keep up with you. Bowtie.shoddy is my social media. Then the website again is www.bowtie-shoddy.com. What's yours, Ajane? My social media is Ms. Ajane underscore. No, no, I don't spell Ajane. I know, I'm getting too late. Ajane is A-J-E-N-E. Ajane, oh, it's like A-Jane. Yeah, it's an accent over the last E, but yeah, Ajane. Ajane. That's what's up, man. What do you call your supporters? Y'all got like a group, the Bowtie-Shoddies? The Bowtie-Shoddy. I'm a Bowtie-Shoddy, she a Bowtie-Shoddy. Everybody a Bowtie-Shoddy. When you put that Bowtie on, you a Bowtie-Shoddy. Post your pic with your Bowtie. When you see this episode, get it in the comments. Go hit her social media, Twitter, whatever. You on Twitter, all that? Just Instagram. Snapchat. I ain't a fan of Snapchat. What you on? Instagram. Well, hit them on the ground. Tag them in your Bowtie pics. Every time you get fresh, tag Bowtie-Shoddy, especially if you win a Bowtie. Anything else we need to cover? No, it's on you. It's on me? Well, I'm just going to look right at the camera and I'm going to tell them to run it up. Hit the website and buy everything. Support this young lady. She's out here doing her thing. These young ladies. Thank you. Should I say. J-O-N, what we got? Thank you. I don't know if you know, but my boy Thad, he a movie star, man. So he probably got a few events coming up where he may need one. But y'all make sure y'all, this your first time stopping through the Black Warden. Don't let it be the last. And you know before we close it out, we got to do it. One more time. Black marketing culture, Bowtie-Shoddy.