Harald making Appaman’s first ever print (top); Appaman HQ today (bottom)

On April 23, 2003, Appaman launched its very first collection. What began as a tiny little t-shirt operation based in Harald and Lynn Husum’s Brooklyn apartment has grown over the years into the kids’ fashion brand you know and love. Each season, we’ve added new pieces to our collection and expanded our range of design.

Read more about our story here
While our team has expanded, and Harald is no longer screen printing our tees himself (that‘s him in the photo above, making Appaman’s first print) we’re still as hands-on as ever. We put just as much care into creating each new piece as we did on Day 1, so that the kids who wear our clothes (and the grown-ups who buy them) love our threads just as much as we do.

And, of course, we wouldn’t be where we are today if it weren’t for our loyal fans. So, from everyone at Appaman HQ, we say…

THANK YOU!

Here are some photos from the Appaman vault…outtakes and catalog shots from our first collection ever! My, how things have changed…