Exclusive | H&M honchos to meet with PETA after wild, caught-on-video fracas at NYFW runway show

Executives at H&M will meet with animal rights group PETA following a wild fracas at New York Fashion Week over the weekend that included a top executive at the Swedish fashion giant’s upscale COS label, The Post has learned.During the bizarre incident, COS managing director Daniel Hermann helped to restrain a PETA protester as Steven Kolb, chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, yanked her off of the runway in a chaotic scene on Sunday that was caught on video.Hermann, whose label was staging a runway show inside the WSA Building in Manhattan’s Financial District, assisted Kolb by grabbing the protester’s arm as Kolb pulled her down onto the floor, according to video footage shared exclusively with The Post.Hermann can be seen keeping his hand on the protester’s arm for a few moments as Kolb secured the protester between his legs.As the viral scuffle unfolded, runway models continued to saunter past, decked out in COS’s upcoming autumn/winter collection.Kolb then covered with protester’s mouth with his hand to stifle her shouting about the wool industry’s allegedly cruel treatment of sheep during the shearing process.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Hermann on Monday asking for a meeting.

Filing charges with law enforcement over the Sunday incident is a consideration, “but the main goal for us is to meet with Kolb and H&M to show them our investigations into the cruel wool industry and we are looking forward to doing just that,” PETA spokesperson Moira Colley said.COS said in a statement to The Post, “the incident at the show should have been prevented from escalating and that is why we are reviewing what happened with the teams involved.We are deeply sorry for what our guests, participants, and viewers of the show experienced.”The fashion label added in a statement, “H&M Group has had an ongoing dialogue with PETA over many years, and remain open to continuing that conversa...