Sunshine Daydream Cropped Tank Top

Meaning ‘homelands’ in Latin, Patriae serves as both title and influence for Barbara Pisch’s work; within it are the principles and aesthetics of her own family history. Born in Slovakia to a lineage of tailors and fiber-craft experts, Barbara relocated to the US at age seven, and grew up collecting antique textiles from her homeland as a way of connecting to her heritage. She first made a tote from an antique handwoven hemp grainsack over twenty years ago, and after years in various design fields opened her textile showroom and sewing studio in Asbury Park, NJ in 2016. Since then, Patriae has organically evolved into a store and gallery that focuses on unique and skillfully-crafted new and vintage goods and clothes, sourced locally and internationally. Patriae's original designs are all made in Barbara's studio in Ocean Grove, NJ by her and her seamstress mother, Katarina.