When the 3:30 p.m. dismissal bell rings at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, Kira Plastinina isn't on her way to swim practice or to hang out with friends. She's headed to the office. Unlike most girls her age, Kira spends her free time taking care of business. As the chief designer of her namesake clothing line, she approves sketches, chooses fabrics, and tweaks designs until the wee hours of the morning. Kira first embarked on the road to success when her father, Sergei Plastinin, noticed her sketching one day at the kitchen table. Impressed by her designs, Sergei proposed the idea of producing and selling them to the public. "I thought he was joking!" Kira recalls. Fast-forward two years, and she is the talk of the town in her homeland. The teen tycoon has opened over 30 retail stores in Russia, with 16 more to be unveiled Stateside this year. Judging by her collection—an affordable mix of funky, sequin-lined hoodies and flirty, bright-hued dresses—Kira is here to stay. Look out, Seventh Avenue, the Russian is coming! —LAUREN MCGRATH
(http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/fashionwork/2008/04/kiraplastinina)
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