Beijing's Original T-shirt Brand

I got asked onto a TV show last week about being a boss in China. Was actually not as boring as it sounds as it was mostly about a brilliant new tv series on BTV about this guy who is a Lao Ban or boss and all his trails and tribulations. The clips they played [...]

I’ve never been on stage at a rock concert before, last weekend at Mao i got my first chance when I got called up during the wuliao contingent gig to give a very brief talk about “back in the day” and show off my 10 year old wuliao contingent t shirt. I kept it very [...]

It seems we have a festival on our hands on Nan Luo Gu Xiang, and what a cracker, its been going all week and here is a pic of the state of play today. Yes its a week long celebration and comes to a climax this weekend. Can’t wait. Another great moment in the building [...]

I’ve always been a huge fan of Rock and Roll in China. Each year I’ve been here I’ve tried my best to keep up with the rock and roll scene and go to as many gigs as I can. I can remember clearly seeing Dou Wei’s bands Hei Bao perform at the French School back [...]

I got an email a few months back from a young enterprising American who loved Plastered T shirts and was organising a fashion show in the USA and wanted to feature our t shirts. They featured 5 designers in total. The show benefitted the China Care Foundation Here are a few pictures from the show.

Ten years ago was one of the most exciting times in my life in terms of music at least. The Scream club in Beijing was packed most nights and performing were a bunch of really great punk bands who collectively were known as Wu Liao Jun Dui (The Bored Army). Among the contingent were the [...]

I Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelinn fame had been to our flagship store during the Olympics before his performance in the closing ceremony alongside David Beckham and Leona Lewis, but had never seen him sporting his Plastered T shirt before. Thanks to Steve Chiu for sending me this pic.

Plastered and danwei.org have teamed up for an online competition to designdanwei.org a t-shirt. The winning design wins 888 RMB cash so give it a go. I’ll be judging the designs along with a panel of very interesting folk. Once the winning design is chosen Plastered will tweak it so it’s silk screen friendly and [...]

State television made a cracking documentary about the history of Nan Luo Gu Xiang and interviewed those who have lived on the street or been a part in its recent change. Plastered was featured as one of the more recent influences on this brilliant hu tong – watch documentary on openv.com. And here is a [...]