While AOC‘s headline-grabbing dress was intended to provoke discussion about America’s wealthiest paying their fair share of tax, attention has instead focused on the dress’ designer, Aurora James.

Following the Met Gala, several conservative news outlets began digging up dirt about James and her fashion brand Brother Vellies, including looking into the company’s tax returns.

And in a twist of irony, it’s now being claimed that Brother Vellies’ parent company Cultural Brokerage Agency – which is owned by James – is subject to a number of outstanding tax warrants for failing to pay employee income taxes to the IRS. According to The New York Post, the company has been served with 15 warrants since 2015, including three open warrants totalling $14,798 issued between 2018 and 2019, as well as six federal legal claims totalling $103,220.

‘Hilarious for the irony, dumb since people will act as though this is something AOC did wrong or somehow should’ve known. I can see Tucker Carlson frothing at the mouth over it already,’ one Reddit user posted, while another person joked ‘Tax the rich. No not like that.’

The Post‘s story comes as James was recently included on TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 list.

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