Harris Reed's love story is a very 2020s one. He met his now husband, Eitan Senerman, on a dating app after lockdown eased, and they fell in love on a first date, while adhering to restrictions with an outdoor dinner.
However, their big day was a traditional affair at some of London's favourite luxury haunts.
The couple got engaged a year and a half after meeting, during a mini break at Somerset's The Newt, and tied the knot this week at Chelsea's Old Town Hall. They then headed back to Claridge's in a white Rolls-Royce to enjoy a Champagne reception and dinner with guests, before an impromptu after-party in their hotel room.
“I think it was very much trying to have the full bride [and] groom fantasy: being in the courthouse; being with family; having those moments on the steps,” Reed told Vogue.
But, of course, the question on the lips of all those who admire the British designer's flamboyant creations is: what did he wear? The answer is somewhat unexpected; white silk separates, with an Art Deco era feel that matched his Toi et Moi engagement ring. The top was a low back, cowl design with elongated, split-detail sleeves, while the trousers were sleek flares with a central pleat. A crystal bracelet sat over the sleeve of Reed's top and a matching choker featured ties which elegantly trailed down his back.
“As a child, I always imagined this big gown and it being very over-the-top,” he told Vogue. “But the more I went through [different ideas], the more I really wanted it to be less about me trying to make this kind of distracting fashion statement and more about me living in the moment."
Senerman chose a double-breasted suit by Husbands Paris for the big day.
At 27, Reed is the creative director of French label Nina Ricci and his own eponymous label. A celebrity favourite, he rose to prominence dressing everyone from Beyoncé to Harry Styles and Florence Pugh. His sculptural, fantasy-themed designs are often monochromatic and celebrate gender fluidity, mixing traditionally masculine and feminine details in the same silhouette. This is a facet explored in his own wedding day look, as he told Vogue, "It felt genuine to myself, but also like a bit of a nod to the 1920s – I tried to find this happy medium between the feminine and the masculine.”
When sharing photos from the wedding to Instagram, Reed expressed that he hoped his experience of love and marriage would "forever inspire, warm and influence the young ‘boys’ we once were who never dreamt we could have and would have love as powerful and valid as ours." Adding, "Wearing all white holding your hand down the town hall stairs with what felt like the whole world staring at us I, for the first time in my life, never felt more safe and myself."
In the same sentiment, he told Vogue, “Everything was catered to this idea of like, ‘This is going to be the little fantasy that I was told as a young queer kid I could never have.'"
Of his new husband, Reed wrote on Instagram, "I love you with all my heart and I’m so proud for the world to know we will spend the rest of our lives together."
Reed and Senerman, who is CEO of a brand experience company, will continue their celebrations in June, and have a second wedding in Italy next summer, reports Vogue.
No doubt another glorious wedding look is currently being concocted at one of Reed's studios.
