Joshua Hupper
Joshua Hupper
Joshua Hupper (38 years old) is an American fashion designer and reality TV personality. He is best known for contesting in Amazon Original reality TV show for fashion designers; 'Making The Cut'. [1]
Early Life
His exact birth date is unknown, but he was born and brought up in Columbus, Ohio. His parent are from Long Island. He was fond of Skateboarding in his teenage.
Education
He attended in Art class at the Village Academy school in Ohio from 1995 to 1999. Joshua did not intend to be a fashion designer, but he developed a sudden interest in it. He is an alumnus of Kent State School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Designing in 2004 there. He was not accepted by social community in the college days and it indirectly helped him to focus on studies more.[3][4]
Career
Early Career
Joshua started his career as an Intern at Diane von Fürstenberg in New York in his college days. It gave him exposure and experience to make his career in the fashion industry. After completing his education, he worked for Dr. Bahman Taheri's 'AlphaMicron in New York. He was there for three years and had the opportunity to showcase his talent in three shows in the big city. He has not looked back since then. [1]
He left Alphamircon in December 2007 and went to Tokyo to spend some time. He returned to New York and joined Thakoon as an Assistant Designer in April 2008. He worked on lots of draping and sketches in London during his time at Nathan Jenden between 2009-2010[3]
Founder BABYGHOST
Making The Cut
He gained a lot of popularity with TV audiences for the participation in the Amazon Reality Web show 'Making the Cut' season 1.
He had the opportunity to showcase his skills in front of fashion icons like Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn and judges Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, Joseph Altuzarra, Carine Roitfeld and Chiara Ferragni.[14]