The top fashion executive is seen forcibly restraining two Peta protesters and putting his hands over their mouths at a Cos runway show
2-MIN READ2-MINAssociated PressPublished: 2:34pm, 19 Sep 2026The long-time chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced he was stepping down, days after he was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show.
“I am enormously proud of what we have built together and believe this is the right moment for both me and the organisation to begin a new chapter,” Steven Kolb said in a statement on Friday.
Kolb is stepping down after two decades leading the council, which is known as the fashion industry’s main trade organisation.
