Conner Ives is in his caps lock era, and the SS26 show – dubbed On Pop – was nothing short of a neon-dipped manifesto. “Rather than proposing a hypothetical escape to get us out of here, I forced myself to sit in the now, to make sense of it when nothing makes sense anymore,” the American designer wrote in his show notes. “The only way out of this is through.” It was a rallying cry to stay grounded amid the chaos of the world right now. Neon joy, radical care and a brighter side of human nature – forever for the Dolls. Photography courtesy of Conner Ives.