Designer of AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Met Gala dress doesn't even pay her own taxes!

Designer of AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Met Gala dress doesn't even pay her own taxes!
Designer of AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Met Gala dress doesn't even pay her own taxes!

The 37-year-old fashion designer behind Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's controversial 'Tax the Rich' dress she wore at the Met Gala apparently doesn't pay taxes, and has debts in multiple states.

Aurora James said the dress sent a 'powerful message' but her own delinquent tax bills appear to show she didn't take it to heart. The successful designer's debts are mostly owed by an LLC she formed in 2011 - Cultural Brokerage Agency - to serve as the parent company of her fashion brand, Brother Vellies.

According to the New York Post, as Beyonce, Rihanna and Meghan Markle became fan favorites of James's luxury brand, the company racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798.

The Department of Taxation and Finance told The Post the outstanding payments were from 2018 and 2019 but the LLC has been hit with a total of 15 warrants since 2015. 

In the two years before the pandemic the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) also placed six federal liens - the government's legal claim against your property when you fail to pay a tax debt - on the LLC amounting to $103,220. According to the post the liens noted that the company failed to send employee payroll taxes.

Aurora James (left), 37, said the controversial dress she designed for Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (right) to attend the Met Gala in sent a 'powerful message' but her own delinquent tax bills show she didn't take it to heart

Aurora James (left), 37, said the controversial dress she designed for Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (right) to attend the Met Gala in sent a 'powerful message' but her own delinquent tax bills show she didn't take it to heart

As Beyonce, Rihanna and Meghan Markle became fan favorites of James's luxury brand Brother Vellies the company racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798

As Beyonce, Rihanna and Meghan Markle became fan favorites of James's luxury brand Brother Vellies the company racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798

The IRS declined The Post's request for comment.

However, the Canadian has proved she has no problem taking money from taxpayers as her company received $41,666 in pandemic relief aid, according to The Post. 

Maybe that's why AOC labeled James a 'working class' designer in an interview with Vogue as they made waves on The Met's red carpet. 

AOC, the 31-year-old socialist firebrand, was has been slammed for wearing the socialist slogan-emblazoned dress to a $35,000-a-ticket event, although she was handed a free ticket to the glitzy gala. 

Despite James' tax worries, the designer was still able to buy $1.6million Hollywood Hills home in September 2020 - which The Post reported she currently owes $2,504 in property taxes on.

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