Harry Styles keeps his clothes under 24-hour surveillance
Styles' designer spills the beans on his sartorial secrets
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Your support makes all the difference.Harry Styles’ go-to designer Harris Reed has revealed the extreme measures the singer goes to to keep his clothes in tip top condition.
The London-based designer has revealed that the “Meet Me In The Hallway” singer keeps his costumes under 24-hour surveillance.
Reed told GQ: “I can’t say where it is located, but everything goes to an archive, somewhere in London where I am not going to disclose.
“But the clothes all have 24 hours surveillance, which you can look at via an iPad, specifically done for his outfits.”
When Reed queried the whereabouts of his previous creations to Styles, the designer was assured that they were in safe hands.
“After his first solo tour that I produced 14-15 looks for – he wore about six or seven – I was wondering where the others were and he was like, ‘Don’t worry, they are all under surveillance.’ I was like, ‘Oh, that’s chic.’”
The 23-year-old Central St Martin’s graduate has been designing clothes for the ex-One Direction star for the past two years, after connecting with his stylist, Harry Lambert.
According to Reed, Lambert gave him instructions to meet Styles for the first time following a show at Hammersmith Apollo in November 2017, telling him to come to the stage door.
“It was insane – a sea of screaming girls, men and women were fainting and being taken away in ambulances... I was like, ‘What the f***?’”, he said.
“And so I found the stage door and went up to this woman who was wearing this huge red coat and I went, ‘Hi, I am here to see Harry Styles.’
“Obviously she laughed in in my face, saying something like, ‘Who the f*** are you?’ I replied, ‘I am going to be Harry Styles’ designer.’ Like that, I’m not sure where the bravado came from!
“She goes, ‘Of course, come with me.’ I was led through the crowd and right then and there I met Harry and the rest is history, I guess.”
The six foot seven inch, half-British, half-American designer identifies as non-binary and cites John Galliano as his biggest inspiration.
His high-drama, Victoriana style has earmarked him as one to watch in the world of fashion.
“I like things that I imagine Oscar Wilde wearing,” said Reed.
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