So much love for @harris_reed ♥️ Words from @bazaaruk To celebrate the opening of the V&A's groundbreaking exhibition 'Fashioning Masculinities: the Art of Menswear', we have produced a special collectors' edition of our April issue with Harris Reed Photographed by Philip Sinden at the museum itself, the unique cover has been created in collaboration with the visionary designer, who wears one of his signature iconoclastic creations, in honour of Reed's contribution to the exhibition. "Every single day is a fight when you're the outlier" Reed writes exclusively for Bazaar in the accompanying feature inside. "But it's worth the fight. It's hard to hear things like 'Ew, that's gross, why is there a man in a dress?', or to make some people realise that wearing a blouse doesn't mean that you're anything more than someone who just wants to have fun with fashion." The exhibition features Reed's "Fluid Romanticism" an ensemble he designed when he was still studying at Central Saint Martins. "I couldn't find anything to wear that really reflected who I was" he writes. "So I created this pink moiré outfit with a puffed-sleeve blouse, amazing flares and a big lace and black velvet cravat. I made it while I was probably eating chicken nuggets on the floor in my halls, and it has a cigarette burn in one of the sleeves, left by someone at a party hosted by Donatella Versace that I snuck into when I was 19." Read the full piece by Reed, in which he reflects on his own self-confidence, dressing Harry Styles, and what the work of Gucci's Alessandro Michele means to him, in the new issue. The collectors' edition of Harper's Bazaar's April issue is available to buy exclusively at the V&A and its online shop from 8 March. Harris Reed wears @harris_reed Photographed at @vamuseum Photographer @philipsinden Hair @terri_capon Haircolour @madssune @joshwood Makeup @joeyjoeychoy Features writer @brooke_theis Features director @hels_lee Picture director @izzyparrylewis Creative director @tom_houseofusher Fashion director @avrilmair Editor-in-chief@lydiasmag