Conner Ives

American Tragedies treated the strain of staging a musical while the surrounding world comes apart as a metaphor for contemporary American spectacle. Ladies-who-lunch polish, Dallas Cowboys cheerleader references and gender-subverting eveningwear moved through the black-and-gold Beaufort Bar at The Savoy, allowing satire and affection to occupy the same scene.

Jimmy Choo footwear and Mejuri jewellery extended the collection’s heightened surface, while reconstructed and deadstock materials kept its glamour tied to the studio’s existing production logic. At the close, Ives appeared in the self-printed “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt; its subsequent transformation into a major fundraiser gave the runway an afterlife far beyond the seasonal collection.