Conner Ives: Biography, Facts and Career

Conner Ives (born 1996) is an American fashion designer. Ives is from the town of Bedford, New York. 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. 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. Ives graduated from CSM with a BA in fashion womenswear in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Ives did not have a final show for his graduate collection, though it was featured in Vogue. 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. At the gala opening for the exhibition, his design was worn by model Natalia Bryant. 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.

Quick facts about Conner Ives

• Full name: Conner Ives
• Born: 1996-01-01
• Known as: Fashion figure
• Wikidata ID: Q108690861

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