Women in Luxury

Bryan Adams

Ladies First!

Luxury and style have often revolved around women. These designers, executives and trendsetters (not to mention go-getters) represent the ever expanding global luxury industry. With creativity and conviction, power and persuasion, they are reinventing our notion of luxury.

Teenage Fashion Designer Kira Plastinina

This 16-year-old Russian's global fashion brand boasts 54 outlets worldwide, with more on the way
Photographs by Kirill Nikitenko for TIME

Shock of Chic

This year's Fall fashions pay homage to
Yves Saint Laurent, with sharp tailoring, soft blouses and unexpected turns in texture

Photographs for TIME by Alexi Lubomirski
Styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka

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