1 min readBy Chloe Mac Donnell
US fashion CEO resigns after physically restraining animal rights activists
Steven Kolb of the Council of Fashion Designers of America was filmed during an altercation at New York fashion week The chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Steven Kolb, has resigned from his role, days after he was filmed physically restraining two animal rights activists during an altercation at New York fashion week. “After 20 years leading the CFDA, I have made the difficult decision to step down as CEO and president,” Kolb said in a statement. “I am enormously pr
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A screengrab from the video on the Fashionista Instagram page showing Steven Kolb physically restraining a Peta protester at a New York Fashion Week show.
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- 25 words · 1 min read
- Published
- September 19, 2026
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- Chloe Mac Donnell
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- The Guardian