--- title: Stephen Colbert Jabs Ivanka Trump Fashion Brand Shutdown description: Stephen Colbert commemorated the news that Ivanka Trump is shuttering her namesake clothing and footwear company with some pointed comments. canonical: https://time.com/5348278/stephen-colbert-ivanka-trump-fashion-brand-shutdown/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-25T15:01:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:01.531Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Takes Jabs at Ivanka Trump's Fashion Brand og:description: "She wants to spend more time with her namesake fascism brand" og:url: https://time.com/5348278/stephen-colbert-ivanka-trump-fashion-brand-shutdown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8074c7b290082240/6989362bfb4eac069f89731a/screen-shot-2018-07-25-at-10-55-25-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1204 og:image:height: 677 og:image:alt: Stephen-Colbert-Ivanka-Trump-Fashion-Brand-Shutdown og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Takes Jabs at Ivanka Trump's Fashion Brand twitter:description: "She wants to spend more time with her namesake fascism brand" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8074c7b290082240/6989362bfb4eac069f89731a/screen-shot-2018-07-25-at-10-55-25-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Commemorates the Shutdown of Ivanka Trump's Fashion Brand With Some Scathing Jabs > Sponsored content. 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During Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, the host commemorated the news that Ivanka is shuttering her namesake clothing and footwear company with some pointed comments. “Today it was announced that Ivanka Trump is closing her namesake fashion brand,” he said. “Yeah, she’s closing down her namesake fashion brand because she wants to spend more time with her namesake fascism brand.” Colbert went on to take a jab at the fact that [Ivanka’s products were made abroad](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ivanka-trump-products-not-made-america). “Evidently, her clothes weren’t selling,” he said. “But what’s she going to do with all the unsold product? She’s got all that inventory. Well, hopefully she’ll take a cue from the losing Super Bowl teams and ship it to a developing country. Those kids deserve those clothes. 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