The Fat Seagull

Paste Tshirts from Brooklyn, NYC

markj | May 8, 2008 | 10:59 pm

Paste, Jason Laurits’s graphic t-shirt line, associates itself not only with indie fashion, but with art, culture, and humor. Paste uses both silkscreen and foil on enzyme-washed tees with the perfect vintage cut and feel. All t-shirts are made in the USA and hand-printed in Brooklyn, New York.

A bit about the history of Jason and the brand:

While pursuing a career in music in his early 20s, Jason Laurits taught himself how to silkscreen for posters and t-shirts to promote his shows around NYC. His music, a mixture of rock and electronica, eventually took him to London where, to help fund his recordings, he used silkscreen to create one-of-a-kind t-shirts and successfully sold them at indie fashion markets.

Eventually deciding to take a break from music, Laurits returned to NYC and attended the new school for writing, During this time he continued to sell his silkscreened tees, slowly growing a fan base. By the time he finished school the now-name line, plaster, was doing well enough for Laurits to put all his energy into developing it further. Soon, Plaster unfolded into a full contemporary men’s line.

As the focus for Plaster began to stray away from silkscreens altogether, Laurits started a new line, Paste, devoted to graphic tees. With the indie, abstract, cooler-than-thou tshirt market becoming oversaturated, Laurits decided Paste would take itself less seriously, be a little more fun(nier), and priced at a more moderate level for artistic tees.