Influential designer Harris Reed explores the world of gender-defying fashion in this richly
illustrated monograph. In Fluid revolutionary fashion designer Harris Reed introduces
the world to a new era in fluid fashion. At the center of Reed’s sartorial journey has always
been his desire to change the way people express their identities through clothing. Fluidity’s
essence is adaptable evolutionary and dynamic and Reed’s work constantly disrupts the divide
between men’s and women’s clothing. Reed’s pieces have been worn by Harry Styles Adele
Sam Smith Iman and Beyoncé and with each piece he has generated an instantly iconic
cultural moment pushing conversations about gender expression into the mainstream. Fluid
examines historical antecedents of fluidity questions old power structures and urges people
to find their authentic selves in this new avenue of fashion. With stunning color
photography resplendent fashion and illustrations of Harris’s design process Fluid takes
readers beyond the idea of clothes as mere garments positing that clothes are a nexus of art
philosophy and history that can be used to help shape our culture and challenge understandings
of gender. With this book Reed affirms that fluid is the future of fashion.
