1. Michael David Kuluva was born on May 6,1983 and is an American fashion designer and founder of the New York fashion week label Tumbler and Tipsy.
17 Facts About Michael Kuluva
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In 2012, Kuluva collaborated with a video game software company, Ubisoft to design high end garments for the New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 runway.
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Michael Kuluva was born in Montana and raised in Los Angeles, California.
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Michael Kuluva had a passion for competitive figure skating which led him into the world of fashion.
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Michael Kuluva attended Sierra Canyon School and graduated with honors from Montclair College Preparatory School in 2001.
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Michael Kuluva competed in amateur US Figure Skating, from 1989 through 2001, reaching the national and international level before moving into professional figure skating.
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Michael Kuluva was featured as himself in the Sony Motion Picture, "The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold" in 2006.
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Michael Kuluva started designing in 2009 and retired from the sport of figure skating to begin schooling at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
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Michael Kuluva started his fashion label Tumbler and Tipsy while attending FIDM and was asked to be a part of Los Angeles Fashion Week as an emerging designer.
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In September 2012, Michael Kuluva graduated from FIDM with a degree in fashion design and presented his Spring 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week.
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Michael Kuluva maintained his outlook on today's Popular Culture by having Rick Genest "Zombie Boy" walk his runway alongside US Figure Skating's three time senior men's national champion and 2010 Winter Olympics competitor, Johnny Weir.
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Michael Kuluva developed partnerships with the Conair Corporation for their release of the "Infiniti by Conair" collection and with the luxury audio company Harman Kardon, as they released their new audio headphones during the New York Fashion Week show.
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Michael Kuluva was asked to present his Fall 2013 collection two more times on the runway during Los Angeles Fashion Week.
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Michael Kuluva used his designs of the Tumbler and Tipsy brand and transformed them into a blue, white and red nostalgia which included a finale "French Flag" gown worn by the former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones.
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In 2015, Michael Kuluva made a guest appearance on America's Next Top Model Cycle 22 as the models compete for the "Go See" designer competition which included the Tumbler and Tipsy brand.
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Michael Kuluva began dating figure skater Russ Witherby in December 2012.
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Michael Kuluva separated from Witherby in 2015 and the couple divorced in 2017.