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Kira Plastinina USA Goes Bankrupt

kira plastinina on broadway.jpgYikes - Less than one month ago, it came out that ten of the twelve new Kira Plastinina stores in the US would close up without having been open even a year.

Now, it’s official: The US operation of Kira Plastinina has filed for bankruptcy.

So much for those fifty stores Kira wanted operating in the US by 2010.

And now on to the more fun part of all this (guess the economy couldn’t sustain an onslaught of pink, even if it was kind of cute in its own way): Who’ll take up that prime retail spot on Broadway, right by Topshop? …

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posted by guest

Jan 02, 2009 11:25AM

Yeah!!!!!!

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posted by guest

Jan 02, 2009 12:15PM

Boooh :( This sucks I was kind of rooting for Kira ! And I liked some of her dresses.

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posted by Fashion Critic

Jan 02, 2009 12:58PM

Whatev's

She was a spoilt rich kid, who's parents took her dream too far. Now they are paying the price.

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posted by guest

Jan 02, 2009 1:41PM

Well she still has 70 stores in Russia.

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posted by abby_kate_lee

Jan 02, 2009 1:47PM

I predicted this was going to happen!
I lol'ed at this: "guess the economy couldn’t sustain an onslaught of pink, even if it was kind of cute in its own way"

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posted by guest

Jan 02, 2009 4:01PM

Not surprising. What do you expect when Paris Hilton is paid to be at her store opening under the guise of being a PBFFL?

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posted by Ginge

Jan 02, 2009 5:53PM

That's too bad. I looked at her stuff online and I actually liked some of the less juvenile stuff.

So does this mean no US online store anymore?

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posted by Belle de Jour

Jan 02, 2009 7:22PM

Not surprised AT ALL. She did way too much, way too fast.


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posted by guest

Jan 02, 2009 10:21PM

i'm fifteen, i looked at her clothes online, they were horrible, she had this awful writing on her "could-be cute dresses" and everything else was incredibly tacky!

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posted by tmistick

Jan 02, 2009 10:59PM

Funnily enough, I just saw a Kira Plastinina jacket in the Jan Lucky mag - i've never seen any of her products used in editorial before, and guess I won't again! Jacket looked so cheap by the way!

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posted by debutanteclothing

Jan 03, 2009 1:53AM

Called it!

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posted by guest

Jan 03, 2009 5:29AM

I'm sorry for her but that is so lol for tyra. Does anyone remeber on cycle 11 (I think) when they modelled for her and one of the girls was like "wow I'm just so inspired by this 15 year old designer". I was yelling at the tv like "she's a russian! don't be sorry! she's just a rich kid who wanted to play clothing line!!!" though of course I would so have done the same thing in her position...

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posted by guccigirl77

Jan 03, 2009 4:33PM

i knew it she was doin everything in a rush it takes time lol i don't feel really bad 4 her

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posted by guest

Jan 04, 2009 10:44AM

While it is sad that people will be losing their jobs, the clothes were horrible. They played into everything the defined the overpending, tacky go-go years that left us in this mess: the cheap quality, the celebrity worship and (more importantly, for them anyways) the belief that credit would sustain their 1000 US stores that were based on little enthusiasm by the public. It doesn't surprise me at all that she is a nouveau riche Russian girl.

Good riddance.

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posted by guest

Jan 04, 2009 11:07AM

aww i was rooting for her and i liked some of her runway pieces.

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posted by guest

Jan 04, 2009 11:28PM

her stuff was overpriced and not that great... I think people would rather go to Forever 21 for that sort of style...

that sucks for her, though...

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posted by guest

Apr 26, 2009 3:03PM

hER STUFF WAS KINDA CHEAP LOOKING BUT i THINK SHE GOT HER LINE STARTED FROM dADDY'S BIG BUCKS, NOBODY HAS THE MONEY TO OPEN 50 STORES WHEN YOUR 15!

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posted by guest

May 14, 2009 10:23AM

can someone temme where i can check her stores out online

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posted by Kelly

Aug 24, 2009 9:42PM

She is young and too much too fast but if she slows down and focuses on a great line then she could do very well
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