Kira Plastinina
| Kira Plastinina | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1, 1992  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 opened up stores in Europe, and later the United States in May 2008. [2] Plastinin spent nearly $80 million for a total of 12 stores in the U.S., none of which lasted long. He paid Paris Hilton $2 million to attend Plastinina's fashion show in Russia, and hired Chris Brown to perform at her Los Angeles opening party. 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, for which her father blamed the recession. To this, the Los Angeles Times joked: "It had nothing to do with the fact that the clothes were ugly."[3] Plastinin also said his daughter's stores in Europe were still financially viable and thus unaffected.[4] However, they too soon closed. Today, most of her shops are located in Russia and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Plastinina attends Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ http://retailstudio.org/news/9468.htm
- ^ Moore, Booth (May 11, 2008). "Kira Plastinina: From Russia with style". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Moore, Booth (December 17, 2008). "Plastinina meltdown". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (January 3, 2009). "Brief flash, swift crash for young designer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "Juggling Fashion Design with Homework". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
