Kira Plastinina
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Kira Sergeevna Plastinina (Russian Cyrillic: Ки́ра Серге́евна Пласти́нина; born June 1, 1992, in Russia
Russia
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) is a Russian fashion designer. She has more than 120 stores in Russia, Ukraine
Ukraine
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, Kazakhstan
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, Belarus
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, China
China
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 and Philippines
Philippines
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. 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.
She attends Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
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 in Dallas, TX.

Her firm, KP Fashion Co., filed for chapter 7
Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code
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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.

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