Nicolas Putvinski

{{short description|Russian fashion designer}}

Nicolas Putvinski is a Russian fashion designer. He was a contestant on the US reality television series Project Runway (season 6),{{cite news |title='Project Runway': Folding like wet newspaper |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/09/project-runway-folding-like-wet-newspaper.html |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=LA Times Blogs - Show Tracker |date=17 September 2009}} in which he finished in 7th place.{{cite web |title=Nicolas Putvinski |url=http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-season-6-designers/nicolas-putvinski |publisher=Lifetime TV |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202193407/http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-season-6-designers/nicolas-putvinski |archive-date=2 December 2009}}

He subsequently went on to do costume design for theater, including 2020's Wet Dream, and a 2018 production of Cleopatra.{{cite news |last1=Clement |first1=Olivia |title=Immersive, Musical Cleopatra to Debut Off-Broadway |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/immersive-musical-cleopatra-to-debut-off-broadway |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=Playbill |date=24 September 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Rosky |first1=Nicole |title=BWW Exclusive: Check Out Portraits of 'Wet Dream' from BROADWAY BARES: TWERK FROM HOME |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Check-Out-Portraits-of-Wet-Dream-from-BROADWAY-BARES-TWERK-FROM-HOME-20210617 |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=17 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Darryn |title=6 Immersive Theater Shows to See in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/theater/immersive-theater-new-york.html |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 December 2018}}

His work was also a part of Billy Porter's 2019 Met Gala outfit.{{cite news |last1=McHenry |first1=Jackson |title=Meet the Very Buff Broadway Actors Who Carried Billy Porter Into the Met Gala |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/met-gala-2019-billy-porter-broadway-actors.html |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=Vulture |date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310121946/https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/met-gala-2019-billy-porter-broadway-actors.html |archive-date=10 March 2021 |language=en-us}}{{cite news |last1=Fierberg |first1=Ruthie |title=Inside Billy Porter’s 2019 Met Gala Look |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/inside-billy-porters-2019-met-gala-look |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=Playbill |date=6 May 2019 |language=en}}