Conner Ives
{{Short description|American fashion designer}}
Conner Ives (born 1996) is an American fashion designer. He was raised in Bedford, New York by a dentist mother and pastor and psychotherapist father.
He is a graduate of Central St. Martin's.{{cite web|last=Mower|first=Sarah|title=Conner Ives—Central Saint Martins Student and Fenty "Intern"—Is Now Selling His Upcycled Clothes|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/conner-ives-central-saint-martins-collection|work=Vogue|date=July 29, 2019|access-date=September 25, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Emma Elizabeth|title=Conner Ives' fashion journey has been anything but normal |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/53980/1/conner-ives-new-website-fenty-rihanna-designer-lvmh-prize-met-gala|work=Dazed|date=August 31, 2021|access-date=September 25, 2021}} While still at CSM he dressed model Adwoa Aboah for the 2017 Met Gala from which he gained the notice of Rihanna who hired him to help create her first Fenty collection.{{cite web|last=Yotka|first=Steff|title=Meet the 21-Year-Old Designer Who Dressed Model Adwoa Aboah for the Met Gala|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-2017-adwoa-aboah-conner-ives|work=Vogue|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=September 25, 2021}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=Qui est Conner Ives, le jeune styliste anglais embauché par Rihanna ? - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/Mode/Les-news-mode/Qui-est-Conner-Ives-le-jeune-styliste-anglais-embauche-par-Rihanna-3862869 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=elle.fr |language=fr}}
He also put out his own first collection while still in school. He is especially known for the t-shirt dresses he was hired by the London fashion boutique Browns to design for them.{{cite web|last=Theodosi|first=Natalie|title=Browns Taps Central Saint Martins Design Student Conner Ives for Range of T-shirt Dresses|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/browns-central-saint-martins-design-student-conner-ives-t-shirt-dresses-1202559469/|work=Women's Wear Daily|date=February 13, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2021}}
Ives work is included in the 2021 exhibition "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" (part one of a two-part exhibition) at the Anna Wintour Costume Center at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art including a piece from his 2021 collection. In the show he is heralded for his stance on sustainability. At the gala opening for the exhibition his design was worn by model Natalia Bryant.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Yerin|title=Natalia Bryant Couldn't Sit Down at the Met Gala, but That Gorgeous Dress Makes It All Worth It|url=https://www.popsugar.com/fashion/natalia-bryant-connor-ives-dress-met-gala-2021-48504375|work=PopSugar|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=September 25, 2021}}
In 2025 he designed the "Protect the Dolls" T-shirt, which went viral and saw high sales. The shirt is sold to raise money for the Trans Lifeline.{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Alisha Haridasani |date=2025-04-18 |title=A Simple Slogan Creates a Shirt and a Sensation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/style/protect-the-dolls-shirt-conner-ives.html?smid=nytcore-android-share |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Pourquoi les t-shirts provocants et engagés de Conner Ives séduisent les célébrités ? - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/Mode/Dossiers-mode/Pourquoi-les-t-shirts-provocants-et-engages-de-Conner-Ives-seduisent-les-celebrites-4341251 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=elle.fr |language=fr}}