Conner Rives captures the theatre of creation for More or Less

Conner Rives has made a film for More or Less magazine that ventures into the studio itself, where the real alchemy happens. Threading through three years of show collections, the work captures something that often gets eclipsed by the finished garment: the theatre of making, the collaborative energy, the controlled chaos of creation.

The shoot brought together designer Luna, Vanessa and Kai, alongside an expansive team. What emerged was a document of the process as much as the clothes. There is a particular glamour in the work itself before it reaches a runway or a hanger. The cutting, the draping, the conversations between hands and fabric, the moments of doubt and breakthrough that stitch a collection together. This is where the real performance lives.

The film understands something essential about Conner Rives’s practice: that the labour of making is itself beautiful, often more camp and theatrical than the polished final piece. The energy in a studio where people are genuinely excited about what they are building together carries a different charge entirely. The film honours that. It lingers on the mess, the improvisation, the impassioned focus. It lets you see why people choose to make clothes at all.

The story pulls from collections across three years, weaving a narrative that speaks to continuity and evolution within the house’s vision. Each piece carries the fingerprints of that collaborative process. The film is a conversation between the designer’s intention and the hands that realise it, between concept and material, between the private studio and the public moment.

Imagery courtesy of Conner Rives (@connerives).