US Fashion Council CEO Takes Leave After Grabbing Runway Show Protesters
Kolb apologized and was placed on leave after video showed him restraining protesters who disrupted a COS runway show over wool use.
- On Sunday, Council of Fashion Designers of America CEO Steven Kolb restrained two protesters at a COS runway show in New York, prompting the organization to place him on leave pending a full review.
- Activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals interrupted the COS Fall-Winter show to protest the fashion industry's use of wool, which the group alleges involves animal cruelty.
- Video footage shows Kolb grabbing two protesters, snatching signs, and pinning one to the floor as models continued walking the runway; PETA said its activists were "assaulted" during the confrontation.
- Kolb issued an apology for his "inappropriate" actions, stating he plans to seek professional help, while PETA members are filing a police report and plan to pursue criminal charges.
- The CFDA stated it "takes this matter very seriously" and remains committed to "respectful engagement with differing viewpoints," as PETA continues urging H&M and COS to ban wool from collections.
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The President and CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Steven Kolb, put himself in expectation after the spread of some videos recorded during a fashion show in New York, in which he is seen physically intervening against two protesters of the Peta engaged in a protest for the rights of the animals. In a Kolb clip, at the head of the main association of American designers, blocks a protester during the fashion show of the Swedish …
Animal protection activists catch a catwalk at New York Fashion Week – the head of the co-organizing fashion association personally intervenes. This now has consequences.
PETA Protesters Against Wool Use in New York Fashion Week Are Grabbed by Executive During COS Parade
Steven Kolb grabbed activists who broke into the COS parade to expose cruelty in the extraction of the wool provided to the H&M group. Sharon Stone, Lupita Nyong and Michelle Williams were in the front row.
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