{"id":345973,"date":"2026-09-14T02:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T02:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345973\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T02:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T02:22:34","slug":"nyfw-honcho-tackles-peta-protesters-in-wild-caught-on-video-scene-in-front-of-a-listers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345973\/","title":{"rendered":"NYFW honcho tackles PETA protesters in wild caught-on-video scene in front of A-listers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

PETA protesters crashed a top Fashion Week show in Manhattan on Sunday \u2014 prompting the event\u2019s CEO to tackle them in a wild caught-on-video scene<\/a> that played out in front of an A-list crowd.<\/p>\n

At least two PETA demonstrators stormed the runway at the COS Spring 2027 Fashion Week event, waving signs and chanting about banning wool from the industry as an audience including actress Michelle Williams looked on.<\/p>\n

But the protesters met their match in\u00a0 Fashion Week boss Steven Kolb \u2014 CEO of event organizer Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) \u2014 who snatched their signs and backed them into a corner.<\/p>\n

Fashion week boss Steven Kolb took on the PETA activists on Sunday, Sept 13, 20226. Steph Saltzman for Fashionista<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not doing this,\u201d Kolb appeared to say as he advanced on one of the rogues, PETA campaigner Mason Melito.<\/p>\n

Kolb then appeared to put his hands around Melito and cover his mouth to stop the chanting, before Melito was hauled out by staff security.<\/p>\n

The CFDA chief\u00a0 also was filmed grabbing another protester as she chanted about the need to \u201cProtect sheep!\u201d<\/p>\n

He pulled her to the ground while covering her mouth to stop her from yelling and wrapped a leg around her and restraining her by the wrists.<\/p>\n

Kolb looks to put his hand over one of the protesters\u2019 mouths during the scuffle. Steph Saltzman for Fashionista<\/p>\n

The protester eventually made it to her feet and strode back down the runway yelling, \u201cPlease take sheep off the runway!\u201d as she left, with the event then proceeding as scheduled.<\/p>\n

But the PETA protestors went straight to a local police precinct to report the incidents and told The Post they were considering trying to file charges against the CFDA.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe felt like she was being suffocated,\u201d Melito said of his colleague. \u201cShe\u2019s using her body to speak up for the sheep that have no say whatsoever. She is now at urgent care.<\/p>\n

One of the protesters is seen falling into Kolb\u2019s lap. Steph Saltzman for Fashionista<\/p>\n

A PETA protester holds a sign up during the show on Sunday. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to tell people that there\u2019s no need to wear animals or anything that comes from animals nowadays. Animal skin is something that just belongs to the animal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe violence that was shown to PETA supporters is honestly nothing compared to what these sheep go through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melito was referring to PETA\u2019s claims that COS \u2014 a higher-end H&M offshoot \u2014 has used wool from farms with allegations of abuse against its sheep.<\/p>\n

Neither H&M nor the CFDA responded to request for comment.<\/p>\n

Kolb did not appear to have been arrested after the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PETA protesters crashed a top Fashion Week show in Manhattan on Sunday \u2014 prompting the event\u2019s CEO to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57,9,24,55,54,6231,56,19115,4648,58],"class_list":["post-345973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-fashion-week","tag-ny","tag-peta","tag-protests","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}