What makes an Affliction Tee so Unique - How it's made

What started as a few friends creating some cool tees as a weekend project, has quickly turned into a ten year whirlwind journey with one goal: to make the most unique clothing in the world. The name Affliction, which means “pain and suffering due to adversity” was hand picked as a play on words from their previous experience in the fashion industry which is notoriously difficult and cutthroat. The self-proclaimed shy and anti-social partners, coming from backgrounds in graphic design and screen printing, quickly realized that they had started a trend that would not soon end. It all started with an idea to make a small line of tees that were truly unique and were premium in fit, fabric, wash, and art.
They set out to make the best possible product by not following any normal rules of printing, and covered the entire shirt in their extremely detailed art. Their creative visions invoke emotion and display themes battling between good and evil. The images clearly leaves their consumers wanting to see more. This unexpected dream team has proven to be tough on their competition, leaving most in the dust. Their unwavering work ethic and unmatched creativity has led to some amazingly unique products. They spend their days fine tuning their illustrations and their nights toiling over their screen printing machines creating wearable works of art.
Due to the highly graphic nature of their product, they are not liked by all, but they hardly seem to care. They are consistent in their approach and don’t seem to mind if others head in a different direction. Driven by passion and a creative spirit, the brand that is best known for premium tees has now claimed its spot among the best with their unique take on all categories, including: denim, knits, wovens, and outerwear.
They are equally inspired by those who choose to wear their product, which has become a counter-culture staple. The brand is clearly not for everyone, and they don’t want it to be. Affliction is rooted in a passion for creating truly unique clothing that is as much a work of art as it is fashion. Have you ever seen a t-shirt with a unique distressed or tie dye wash and extremely detailed art? Yes? Well, Affliction is to thank for that. They created a huge trend and they aren’t planning on stopping any time soon. They spend countless hours perfecting their illustrations with the intent of printing this fine art on premium cotton. They toil over garment washes, inks, and interesting techniques while others just continue to get more and more watered down and similar.
Their goal has been consistent year after year: to push the envelope of what is possible on clothing. They are artists and clothing is their canvas. They invest most profits back into building their empire and continuing their quest to become the premier artistically driven fashion company. They now have 4 manufacturing and washing facilities dedicated to this fine art: 240,000 sqf in Los Angeles. CA, 130,000 sqf in Ensenada, Mexico, and 75,000 sqf in China totaling almost half a million square feet. These investments provide Affliction with a completely vertical factory for creating innovative product. This huge dedication to the fine art of putting ink onto a garment is paying off for the people their companies employ. They are proud to say that they employ over 750 employees in the United States and the majority of their product is still made in the USA. Their passion is fueled by the joy and dedication their fans have with their uniquely embellished clothing. They have no plans of slowing down and are constantly excited about what new techniques or discoveries lie ahead. As they have mastered their fine art of printing and washing, they have quickly become experts of many other aspects of the industry. Their denim, knits, wovens, and outerwear show amazing amounts of quality and creativity and complement the tees. Their hard work and dedication is clearly displayed in their product, and they feel that these first ten years of business have just been training for what is still to come.
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[@j.r.hoover5356]

I love their shirts, i was always curious how shirts like this are made. Thanks Affliction!

[@TheGhostofTomMetzger]

Made in the USA baby, thats the number one reason i buy them.

[@paranormaladventurer4922]

Lol yeah right. They are full of it. Every pair of jeans I see from them says China.

[@Pasakoye]

The designs aren't too important for me, but I have quite a few shirts that have lasted over the years and they are comfortable. I love whatever fabric is used.

[@ides966]

Their shirts look so cool bro

[@queenleo2225]

I would like to see more of a variety of designs then just skulls. Demons monsters or a a kraken. But still you guys are awesome keep up the good work!

[@kaygsucks]

I like when they do snakes or owls

[@hellmunddegenhard]

The BEST brand out there.

[@nikolasflameart9750]

Alright I dig the fact you put an old Silversun Pickups song on here

[@nikolasflameart9750]

Comeback Kid 🤘

[@Swan_Johnson]

Great band and brand back in that era

[@ipaintu]

Nice process from start to finish

[@angelelijah4164]

I love these shirts they're so cool. How come a lot of people ive seen dont like affliction and thinks its ugly?

[@astolfofan894]

They’re associated with trashy/douchebag culture

[@spoonsmith9506]

Apparel of tools mainly.

[@abaofifsz]

To put it to words. Incredibly loud, considered tacky. Very hard to pull off from a design standpoint. Most people wear it with loud jeans and like boots or some big piece of footwear. All things that stand out and clash. Compositionally, what is the point? It is getting attention the worst way. The equivalent of someone yelling and harassing “look at me”

[@markdira5785]

I hope they will be back in the market here in the Philippines

[@henzo.78]

Wait Meron Palang Affliction Dto sa Pilipinas

[@isachar2013]

My hard working Latinos showing some hard work.. !

[@alicamara3640]

Good job

[@richardesma7938]

\m/ Total Work Of Arts!!! \m/

[@huxleyjamison5153]

dunno if anyone gives a damn but if you are bored like me during the covid times you can watch all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Have been streaming with my gf for the last weeks :)

[@johnathanronnie7496]

@Huxley Jamison definitely, I have been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself :D

[@tysonneil6915]

@Huxley Jamison definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

[@IgorKeibal]

Речі в них дійсно шикарні! мій улюбленний бренд!

[@shimi3065]

Wait, affliction isn't a band?

[@noandno1]

These shirts are soooo cool

[@ryqns]

HUAAAAGGGHHH

[@bingboompow8861]

IM ON THE RAINBOW BRIDGEEE

[@ferade415]

please restock

[@pojwa1652]

SILVERSUN

[@christianhart2159]

What song starts at 3:20 ish?

[@Maxxxx28]

Теперь понятно почему на эту марку, такой ценник.

[@oksanazakharchuk342]

Wow!

[@danielparvin9083]

I wish more of their good shirts had no skeletons, death symbols or crosses

[@chikoraro]

What about studed shirts

[@blurglide]

God I wish these were offered in plain or very subtle prints. They fit me soooooo well, but are ugly.

[@maddipage1347]

These are the best fitting T-shirts . The designs are a bit much but they are so comfy and the only t shirts I don’t look like a teenage stick in lol

[@The_Devilus]

I so wish one could order your own print, or at least order blank shirts. Absolutley love your t-shirt. There are no comparision but unfurtunetly the style of the prints are not my style most of the time.

[@bebiali9741]

Bought one and the beading keep falling off waste of money

[@greggpettit9310]

lets us in on the background tunes?

[@hi6chan]

4:24 is rise against - audience of one

[@soltor5386]

Bison skull please

[@julioguerra5500]

y so expensive

[@isekaidev7803]

@@julioguerra5500 From the video, It seems they make them in US and also a lot of manual labor is to be used unlike for normal t-shirts. High manual labor and that too US workers.

[@xami926]

🧟🦇

[@yaroslavnechiporenko4687]

До чего же козлячий музон в ролике!

[@crusifyng]

Not anymore stop lying courtney

[@michaeldrums3190]

Garbage biker dad shirts

[@863Monster]

Great quality materials, terrible designs.

[@alcovefib]

A very unsustainable process. Buyer ends up wearing a lot of chemicals. Buy organic people.