FLIGHT OF FANCY

Harris Reed transforms models into birds of paradise as the designer's spectacular show opens London Fashion Week

- REPORT: LAURA BENJAMIN

London Fashion Week kicked off with a very stylish bang last week, thanks to a breathtakingly beautiful catwalk show by Harris Reed.

The designer named his spring/summer 2026 collection The Aviary, with the models who walked for his eponymous label resembling delicate birds of paradise as they sashayed down the runway.

Guests included the actress and podcaster Jameela Jamil, the Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel and the socialite and DJ Lady Mary Charteris.

They watched the spectacle in the Gothic Bar inside the St Pancras Hotel, the venue having been transformed for the occasion into a dark London street.