BASEMENT CRAFTSMAN MANIFESTO

BUILT BY A FAN. PRINTED BY HAND.

INVSN Apparel exists because anime clothing brands forced a false choice: cheap $20 DTG prints on cardboard tees, or $100 drops marked up by corporate middlemen.

THE BASEMENT LAB JOURNEY

I grew up watching anime and always wanted to wear pieces that reflected the culture authentically. But everything on the market was either cheap cosplay-tier merchandise or well-made fashion priced completely out of reach.

I decided to cut out the factory middleman, buy professional screen-printing equipment, and learn the craft myself from my home basement. Every garment in our catalog is hand screen-printed using soft, durable inks pressed directly into heavy, high-GSM cotton blanks.

Because I handle design, printing, and fulfillment directly, you get genuine small-batch craft at fair prices.

[ PRINT STUDIO / FOUNDER PORTRAIT ]
[ INK DETAIL ]
[ 16:9 HOME PRINT STUDIO / SCREEN PRESS OVERVIEW BANNER ]
HOME PRINT STUDIO — EST. [YEAR]
THE CRAFT

INSIDE THE PRINT PROCESS

[ HAND-PULLING SCREEN PRINT INK ]

01. SCREEN-PRINTED BY HAND

Every design is screen-printed one piece at a time — no shortcuts, no outsourced press runs. It's a slow method, but it's the one that holds up.

[ BLANK GARMENT INSPECTION ]

02. BLANKS WE DON'T CHEAP OUT ON

Good print, bad shirt is still a bad shirt. We use solid blanks so the piece holds its shape and the print holds up, wash after wash.

WHY IT'S MADE THIS WAY

NO MIDDLEMAN, NO MARKUP

01

100% HAND SCREEN-PRINTED

No cheap DTG sticker prints. Hand-pulled screen inks absorb deep into the cotton fibers for long-lasting wash durability.

02

ZERO FACTORY MARKUP

Self-manufactured in a home basement workshop. Eliminating factory commissions keeps heavyweight blanks affordable.

03

HEAVYWEIGHT BLANKS

Built on structured, high-GSM cotton blanks designed to deliver an authentic boxy streetwear silhouette.