{{Short description|American fashion designer}} [[File:Guests at the 2026 Met Gala 493.jpg|thumb|Ives observing Lila Moss in his design at the 2026 Met Gala]] '''Conner Ives''' (born 1996)<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> is an American fashion designer.
Ives is from the town of Bedford, New York.<ref name=":0" /> While a student at Central Saint Martins (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 as an in-house designer.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> He also put out his own first collection while still in school. In 2018, he was hired by the London fashion boutique Browns to design T-shirt dresses.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Ives graduated from CSM with a BA in fashion womenswear in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://connerives.com/pages/about |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=connerives.com}}</ref> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Ives did not have a final show for his graduate collection,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Toner |first=Paul |date=2022-10-28 |title=Conner Ives Is Living The American Dream On His Own Terms |url=https://10magazine.com/conner-ives-interview-10-magazine-issue-69/ |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=10 Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> though it was featured in ''Vogue.''<ref name=":1" />
A piece from Ives graduate collection was chosen by Andrew Bolton to be included in the 2021 exhibition "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" at the Anna Wintour Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref name=":2" /> At the gala opening for the exhibition, his design was worn by model Natalia Bryant.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2026|certain=y}}
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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