The World, According to Tory Burch

Tory Burch has come a very long way from her original Elizabeth Street store in New York’s NoLIta.

Now with 72 international stores under her belt, Burch is expanding her retail fleet with openings in São Paulo, Bahrain, Beirut, Dubai, Kuwait, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Istanbul, Boston, Mexico City and Shanghai, as well as doubling the size of her Beijing boutique. While this may seem like a lot of brick-and-mortar activity for the fast-growing firm — whose Internet site is its number-one store — Burch said the growth is actually conservative.

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[above: Brigitte Kleine and Tory Burch]