About Us

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ASTUSWEAR didn’t start in a boardroom.
It started with a sketch.

Back in 2010, as an 8th-grade student, I discovered I was good at art. What began as simple drawings soon turned into something bigger when I asked my mom for a small loan to buy plain T-shirts. I wanted to experiment… to see if my art could live beyond paper.

The moment I painted my first portrait on a T-shirt, I was hooked.
That feeling of creating something wearable, something real — it stayed with me.

Alongside three friends, we sold our first 24 T-shirts. It wasn’t a big number, but it meant everything. It proved that something I created could connect with people.

Then, life happened.

I went on to graduate as a Civil Engineer in 2018, thinking I could somehow merge construction and creativity. I was wrong. Still, I followed the conventional path, spending nearly five years in a typical civil job — stable, predictable, but far from fulfilling.

Those years were confusing, but one thing was always clear:
I was meant to create.

So one day, I made the decision that changed everything — I walked away from the safe path to pursue what truly felt like mine.

In 2023, ASTUSWEAR was born.
Bootstrapped. Raw. Built from scratch.

The journey wasn’t easy. The first one and a half years tested everything — patience, belief, and resilience. But every struggle shaped what ASTUSWEAR stands for today.

I’m forever grateful to my Aai–Baba Anuradha-Harshvardhan, for making it possible for me to do what I love the most, every single day.

It’s a return to passion.
A belief that creativity deserves to be worn.
A reminder that sometimes, the long way around leads you exactly where you were meant to be.

ASTUSWEAR — Here To Create.