FASHION / MATERIALS / EINDHOVEN

There are people inside your clothes.

Flock, Folk, Field follows wool back to the hands, animals and places behind it.

BY STURDY MAGAZINE / OCTOBER 22, 2026 / THE DESK

Three models wearing textured headpieces and tailored garments from Barbora Necpalová’s I Season With Ants, seated around a table. — Photo: Dorota Kolarova. I Season With Ants by Barbora Necpalová. Courtesy of New Order of Fashion / Dutch Design Week press kit. Source / press kit

A garment has a life before the person wearing it. New Order of Fashion’s Flock, Folk, Field makes that earlier life the subject.

At the NOOF LAB in Eindhoven, emerging international designers use garments, films and installations to examine wool. The exhibition follows the relationships between animals, landscapes, makers and wearers, alongside craft knowledge passed through communities.

STURDY NOTE: This is a useful place to begin a fashion conversation: with the people and decisions a finished look can hide. A material story becomes more interesting when somebody shows the labour.

The exhibition runs through October 25, 2026 at Torenallee 22-06, daily 11:00 to 18:00 local time. Entry is included with a Dutch Design Week ticket or costs €2.50 separately.

Gloved hands working with long blue-green fibres in the New Order of Fashion lab. — Photo: Kornel Maziec. Behind the Scenes NOOF LAB. Courtesy of New Order of Fashion / Dutch Design Week press kit. Source / press kit