Kira Plastinina

Kira Plastinina
Born June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01) (age 19)
 Russia
Nationality Russian
Occupation Fashion designer
Labels Kira Plastinina Fashion

Kira Sergeevna Plastinina (Russian Cyrillic: Ки́ра Серге́евна Пласти́нина; born June 1, 1992, in Russia) is a Russian fashion designer. She has more than 120 stores in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China and Philippines.[1] On September 27, 2008 Kira debuted at Milan Fashion Week with her new high-end line called Kira Plastinina Lublu.

Her father, Sergei Plastinin, is a millionaire and former CEO of a large dairy corporation called Wimm-Bill-Dann. He invested significant capital in his daughter's vision. Together they have opened up stores in Europe, and later the United States in May 2008. [2] She attends Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.[3]

Her firm, KP Fashion Co., filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on January 2, 2009. The business was unsuccessful in the U.S. fashion market, but her stores in Europe are still financially viable and are thus unaffected.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://retailstudio.org/news/9468.htm
  2. ^ Moore, Booth (May 11, 2008). "Kira Plastinina: From Russia with style". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-kira11-2008may11,0,1412001.story. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
  3. ^ "Juggling Fashion Design with Homework". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=23035. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
  4. ^ Hsu, Tiffany (January 3, 2009). "Brief flash, swift crash for young designer". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/03/business/fi-kpfashion3. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

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