A house built for the people the market overlooked. Sensory conscious workwear. Founded 2026 by Jessica J. Evans.
Invested in the Outlier.I spent more than a decade in corporate accounting trying to figure out why everything was harder than it looked from the outside.
I got the answer at 38. AuDHD.
The diagnosis didn't fix anything. It explained what I'd been bracing against. Tags I couldn't ignore. Seams I could feel through three layers. A whole industry that had decided most bodies didn't matter, and a wardrobe full of evidence.
The accountant in me ran the numbers and saw a gap nobody was pricing. The person in me opened her closet and saw the same gap, from the other side.
CONTRA CLASS is the company I would have wanted at 28. Quiet, structured, unapologetic about how clothing should actually work. Built so the wearer never has to explain themselves.
Sensory conscious construction is the standard, not the upgrade.
Heavyweight cotton with a hand feel that holds up to the day. Tagless interior, hem-printed labels, no skin contact. Flat locked seams with zero raised profile. Gender-free sizing based on actual body measurements: chest, waist, hip, shoulder. Vanity sizing was built for a body that doesn't exist. We left it.
The result reads as well-made to anyone who picks it up. To the customer who has lived with sensory issues their whole life, it reads as something else. Both readings are intentional. Neither is labeled.
Jessica J. Evans
Principal & Founder
Two degrees: Business Management & Organizational Leadership, then Accounting. Twenty-plus years in corporate FP&A and accounting. Currently runs Jessica J. Evans, LLC as a Financial Operations Strategist alongside CONTRA CLASS. Not leaving the day job is the whole point.
Late diagnosed AuDHD, age 38. Built CONTRA CLASS because the product didn't exist.
Position: Long.