Hyped Russian Teen Fashion Designer Kira Plastinina Files for Bankruptcy

A few months ago, in certain circles, it seemed like you couldn’t go anywhere without catching some of the buzz about sixteen year old Russian fashion designer Kira Plastinina who, after making an absurdly massive splash in her own country, was coming over to America to strike gold here. Now it looks as though the party might be over for the teen, as her US operations have just filed for bankruptcy, shut down most of their stores, and scraped their plans to open hundreds of new locations across the country.

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