Michael Kuluva
| Michael Kuluva | |
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Michael Kuluva for Tumbler and Tipsy New York Fashion Week Elle Magazine 2012
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| Born |
May 6, 1983 Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Fashion Designer, Figure Skater, Actor, Television Personality, Philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Russ Witherby December 13, 2014–2016 |
| Website | MichaelKuluva.com |
| Labels | Tumbler and Tipsy |
Michael David Kuluva (born May 6, 1983) is an American fashion designer and founder of the New York fashion week label Tumbler and Tipsy. He resides in Los Angeles, CA. 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.
Kuluva was born in Montana and raised in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Randy and Carol, are both attorneys in California. Kuluva had a passion for competitive figure skating which led him into the world of fashion. Kuluva graduated with honors from Montclair College Preparatory School in 2001 and forwent college at that time to pursue his professional figure skating career.
Kuluva competed in amateur U.S. Figure Skating, from 1989 through 2001, reaching the national and international level before moving into professional figure skating. Kuluva toured with Holiday On Ice as himself and Disney on Ice as the principal performer in their Disney/Pixar's The Incredible's in a Magic Kingdom Adventure production by portraying the main role of Dash Parr. Kuluva continued to portray the role of Dash Parr with Disney On Ice in 2005 for syndicated United States national television shows including Good Morning America, Live! with Kelly and Michael and The Today Show. Kuluva was also featured as himself in the Sony Motion Picture, "The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold" in 2006.
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. 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. In September 2012, Kuluva graduated from FIDM with a degree in fashion design and presented his Spring 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week. For Kuluva's debut fashion show in New York City, he partnered with Ubisoft to design collaborative garments inspired by the video game Just Dance 4 that were then shown on the runway by celebrities such as Kendall Jenner and Olympic Gold Medalist Alex Morgan.
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