The Broken Press Shirt draws from the moment a print machine fails mid-run—gears jammed, ink bleeding, headlines unfinished. Bleach treatments eat into the fabric like chemical burns, while metal grommets mark industrial repair points and stress fractures in old machinery. Screen-printed elements feel slightly misaligned and imperfect, echoing the chaos of a press pushed past its limits.
The black and white variants represent opposing outcomes of that failure: black for oversaturation and buried stories, white for erasure and redaction. Together, they frame collapse as resistance—the choice to stop producing on someone else’s terms.
This piece represents collapse as resistance: the refusal to keep producing on someone else’s terms.
Each piece is thrifted and altered by hand through bleach and print. No duplicates. No clean copies. What you’re looking at won’t happen again.
If you want perfect, buy new.
If you want real, keep reading.
-materials will vary
-Do not wash with whites
-Unisex fit
-Each flannel is one of one
The hoodie draws from the final moments before a press goes dark—when ink still stains the rollers, but nothing new is meant to be printed. Heavyweight construction anchors the piece, while distressed print and subtle bleaching suggest wear from repetition and shutdown rather than age. Details feel intentional but restrained, echoing industrial uniforms and after-hours labor.
This piece isn’t about output.
It’s about stopping the machine.
