A Tour with Liberty London

Many designers make their name chasing the new. But not Walid Damirji. Founder of By Walid, his approach is much more nuanced than that. Like an aesthetic anthropologist, or a steward of sartorial artefacts, he travels the globe, gathering materials of eras gone by. It could be a swatch of 20th Century crochet, or a panel of 19th Century embroidery, or any assortment of antique twills, linens, lace and beyond – items others may cast aside, denouncing them as long past their practical use-by date.

Read the full interview at Liberty London.