Decoding W.A.L.T.

Walter spoke openly about this responsibility, both personal and collective. Protecting oneself also meant protecting others. The body was treated as something interconnected rather than isolated.

When danger becomes abstract or invisible, his work makes it tangible.

The logic behind his work remains consistent.

Decades later, similar forms return in his work.

• Survival silhouettes.
• Technical layers.
• Clothing designed for unstable environments.

Walter spoke about freedom in this context. He described it as the ability to exist without constant legibility.

When identity is fixed and monitored, autonomy erodes.

Around this time, he stepped away from his own label, W.&L.T., choosing independence over institutional and financial stability.

The archive marks this as a decisive shift.

From this point on, his work becomes even more openly confrontational. Text appears directly on garments, their messages shunning subtlety.

These slogans operate as disruptions.
They interrupt passivity and demand engagement.

Disturbance becomes a way to activate imagination, rather than suppress it.

Walter often speaks about children and their capacity to imagine. He describes their lack of fear toward difference and their ability to envision futures without inherited limitations.

In collections such as Healing Hands and later works featuring starry eyes and friendly alien forms, care becomes central. These designs focus on connection, empathy, and recovery.

The archive frames this as a response to prolonged crisis.

After survival and resistance, the question of how to rebuild is inevitable.

Hope appears here as an active stance.

Dreaming becomes a form of responsibility.