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For Spring/Summer 2026, Harris Reed celebrated a milestone — ten seasons of fearless, gender-fluid design — with The Aviary, a 14-look spectacle unveiled at London’s Gothic Bar in St. Pancras. The show was pure Reed: architectural silhouettes, unapologetic drama, and the kind of romantic excess that has become his signature.

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Marking a decade of collections, Reed didn’t look back with nostalgia. Instead, he pushed his vision further, blurring the lines between ready-to-wear and demi-couture. Corseted bodices met sweeping crinolines, while duchess satin and organza exploded in periwinkle, cobalt, and gold. Billowing sleeves mimicked wings, skirts rose like sculptural cages, and hand-painted prints from British studio Fromental gave each piece the sense of a living, breathing aviary.

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The craftsmanship was undeniable. Every feathered headpiece, every stitch of velvet and satin, spoke to hours of atelier work. This wasn’t couture by Parisian decree, but it was couture in spirit — an ode to artisanship at the edge of wearability.

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For all its theatricality, Reed grounded The Aviary in emotion. A finale gown in blush pink and gilded appliqué felt like a bird breaking free from its own cage — a fitting metaphor for a designer who has spent ten seasons defying fashion’s boxes and binaries.

With The Aviary, Harris Reed didn’t just mark a milestone. He proved that ten seasons in, his vision is only getting bolder, louder, and more beautifully unrestrained.

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