AFTERWORK presents the next chapter for three Fashion Institute of Technology alumni. Tula deBaer, Yuval Sorotzkin, and Evangeline Ellingsworth return with evolved collections that present a meditation on identity, craft, and the stories we tell through what we wear.
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Tula deBaer
Tula deBaer’s work is rooted in the interior life—the unseen emotional landscapes that shape how we move through the world. Beginning as a photographer before discovering design through sewing, deBaer brings a surrealist sensibility to garment-making, exploring human duality and mystique. Through cyanotype prints of her body, she create silhouettes that capture fleeting moments and lasting impressions, drawing inspiration from Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Francesca Woodman.
Yuval Sorotzkin
Yuval Sorotzkin approaches fashion as an intimate dialogue between maker and material. Trained at FIT and Politecnico di Milano, she has been sewing since age ten, guided by immigrant parents and shaped by three languages. Her collection “Work in Ruins” reveals the hidden architecture of dress—exposed corset lacings, deconstructed pinstripes, distressed fabrics that speak of both breaking and mending. She tailors garments that are fragile and resilient, finding beauty in what's typically concealed.
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Evangeline Ellingsworth
Drawing from her Midwestern roots, Evangeline Ellingsworth reimagines historical forms—corseted bodices, voluminous skirts, architectural draping—through a contemporary lens. Her collection “Living Sculpture” transforms kombucha leather, latex, and upcycled furs into wearable art inspired by late 1800s silhouettes and Donna Haraway's vision of hybrid identities. Each piece is both sculpture and garment, questioning where organism ends and object begins.
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