Eva Mae Cass

Grey Sheep

evamaedesigns

Location

new york / united states

University

BFA Parsons The New School for Design

Graduation year

2023

Contact

Eva Cass is a New York based womenswear and menswear designer. Her work is deeply personal, reflecting her childhood experiences growing up on the South Shore of Massachusetts. She takes inspiration from her family, who are featured throughout her work, and compares them to strong men and women throughout history who have propelled industry and fishing culture globally. Her work reflects the gentle roughness of centuries of women who have built communities of their own throughout the world. She specializes in creating her own materials to serve in her collections, including hand-stitching and weaving practices, machine and hand knitting, and jewelry design. A recent graduate of Parsons School of Design, throughout her studies, she interned at companies such as Anna Sui, Victoria’s Secret, Tanya Taylor, and Fleur du Mal.

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Latest Collection

Jetsam

Through the visual language of fishing culture, I aim to capture the essence of the community in a women’s and menswear collection. Growing up on the south shore of Massachusetts, I fell in love with the fishing community, their stories, and the rich material library that encapsulates the nautical world. Not only the fishermen but their wives, as they would uphold their communities while their husbands were on long fishing voyages, serve as the inspiration for my garments. The gentle roughness of these women painted along coastlines for centuries mirror the women in my life and history, and this collection pays homage to their strength, resilience, and grace. I honor my own community in this body of work by using materials donated from my family members in my materiality, as well as using my family as visual inspiration, photographing them in my garments. Jetsam is materials that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, and throughout my research, I collect the imagery, rituals, materials, and craft jettisoned from the bow of the ship and use this information as the bedrock of my thesis collection.