Fashion Council CEO Quits After PETA Runway Clash
Fashion Council CEO Quits After PETA Runway Clash
The News
Steven Kolb, the chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, has resigned days after a confrontation with PETA protesters at a New York Fashion Week runway show.
The New York Times reports Kolb, who ran the CFDA for two decades, stepped down after a physical altercation at the show.
The Independent reports he says he is stepping down days after restraining PETA protesters at the runway show. USA Today describes the incident as a viral clash with the animal rights group's demonstrators.
Timeline
PETA protesters disrupt a runway show and Kolb physically confronts them, according to The Independent and The New York Times. USA Today reports the clash spread widely online.
Kolb announces he is leaving the CFDA, ending a two-decade run at the head of the designers' council, per The New York Times, USA Today and The Independent.
Reactions
The three outlets covering the exit frame the same moment differently. The New York Times calls it "a physical altercation at a runway show." The Independent describes Kolb as having restrained PETA protesters. USA Today calls it a "viral clash."
All three tie the resignation directly to the confrontation rather than to any other dispute.
What's Next
Attention turns to who runs the CFDA next. The initial reports in this story do not name a successor or give an effective date for Kolb's departure.
PETA's own response to the resignation is not detailed in the first wave of coverage.
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