Across the Pond with Conner Ives

September 16, 2026

American designer Conner Ives made his New York Fashion Week debut for Spring/Summer 2027 with a homecoming collection called Across the Pond.

Across the Pond, Conner Ives’ SS27 collection, marked his return to the United States after nearly a decade of showing in London. The collection centred on the theme of “Flamboyance!”, described by Ives as the drama of coming home and the unique pride of being American. It also reflected his complicated relationship with his home country. Key looks included dishevelled, power-lunch-inspired Wall Street suits created in collaboration with Gieves & Hawkes, alongside statement T-shirts featuring the phrase “Bring Back Shame.” The runway featured Lila Moss, Iris Law, and Hari Nef, with Kim Cattrall in the front row.

Styling: Vanessa Reid
Hair: Claire Gretch for Kevin Murphy
Makeup: Aaron de Mey for MAC Cosmetics
Casting: Mischa Notcutt
Lighting: Faro
Production: La Mode en Images
PR: DLX NYC
Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Music by @_cajm and @intentionallycold

Passion and flamboyance are my most inherently American traits' - Conner Ives

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Kim Shui Spring Summer 2026

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On September 13th, Kim Shui debuted her Spring/Summer 2026 collection at One World Observatory: an assemblage of 40 looks. Shui became fixated on Artemisia Gentileschi's 17th century canvas, Allegory of Inclination - its eventual censorship and only recent re-reveal. She's focused this collection on a development of this narrative: the inconsistent nature the world's choice between showing and hiding certain things - and how this affects the indvidual.

Constant movement of the garments reflects her restless desire to re-organize, re-work, and re-consider the tailoring traditions, craft, and texture she grew up surrounded by as a child in Rome. Timeless technique brought into the contemporary delivers us pale seafoam greens, powder blues, creamy yellows, toasted browns, and metallic punctuations - warmth is further generated by sheer fabric layered over opaque, tassles, and structured pieces broken apart by cut outs and slits. Loose draping is cinched by bustier tops, as an expression of control, gentle dominance, and autonomy. The garments are made to simultaneously hug and billow off the body, to be as organic as the wearer.

Shui says that this season's KS woman "is not just a muse, but the author of her own unveiling."

Text by Alice Mercy
Runway photos courtesy of Moment Dept
Backstage photos courtesy of Edwin Ortiz Jr.

Styling: Christine Nicholson
Makeup: Romero Jennings for MAC Cosmetics
Hair: Jaylin Seng for Cutler/Redken
Nails: Sojinails for Kijbae
Music: Crush Sahara
Shoes: Casting: Ella Cepeda
Production: 3V Productions
Press: Gia Kuan Consulting
Footwear Sponsor: Blacksuede Studios
Footwear: Woods by Jordyn
Hoisery: Sheerly Touch-Ya
Hats: Binata Milinery
Sponsors: Dirty Labs, Notion, Bloom, Kijbae, Cutler, and MAC Cosmetics

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