As Trump’s tariffs hit the style business, leaders from the sector paid a go to to the White Home to debate potential tariff reduction with White Home officers.
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb (the Council of Vogue Designers of America CEO), and Stephen Lamar (American Attire & Footwear Affiliation CEO) met with White Home chief of workers Susie Wiles final week, in line with a spokesperson for AAFA.
“Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, and Stephen Lamar went to DC on behalf of the American style business, which helps ten million American jobs, and has for a few years paid excessive tariffs in comparison with the remainder of the financial system. Their purpose was to speak about balanced commerce and the way finest to keep up these jobs within the US, and protect American prosperity,” the spokesperson stated, confirming final week’s assembly to ABC Information.
Anna Wintour attends The Gordon Parks Basis Awards Dinner and Public sale 2025, Could 20, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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The assertion went on to hyperlink a webpage discussing how tariffs have traditionally burdened the style business, inflicting corporations to boost costs on items.
Wintour was noticed round Washington final week as she met with politicians. There’s long-lasting stress between Wintour and Melania Trump as the primary woman was by no means been featured on the duvet of Vogue, not like a number of of her predecessors.
-ABC Information’ Lalee Ibssa
