CPO Blouson
A naval CPO shirt-jacket reworked in unexpected checks and relaxed proportions, it distills Obana's habit of pulling American military archives into softly tailored Tokyo outerwear.
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N Hoolywood
Tokyo menswear label founded in 2001 by Daisuke Obana, reworking American military and workwear archives into themed, relaxed tailoring.
TokyoOrigin
MenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about N Hoolywood
A vintage buyer's research, rebuilt
Founder Daisuke Obana came from vintage buying, and each collection works to a stated theme drawn from American military, workwear and mid-century civilian clothing.
Outerwear and slouch, not sharpness
The archive references land as layered outerwear, relaxed tailoring and utility trousers, with jackets the category the label is best known for.
Sub-lines set the entry price
Alongside the main line sit COMPILE at lower prices, plus Test Product Exchange Service and Under Summit Wear, so the range spans more than one budget.
The pieces that define N Hoolywood
Test Product Exchange Service (TPES)
The label's experimental sub-line, where military and workwear patterns are prototyped and reissued, underpinning N.Hoolywood's archive-driven design method.
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78% matchFrank Leder
Archive workwear reworked, German instead of American
What changes: Smaller, folk-fabric focus with less tailoring breadth
75% matchKestin
Military and outdoor staples in muted, wearable cuts
What changes: Lower price, Scottish casual rather than themed collections
71% matchMA.Strum
Military outerwear pushed technical via Osti archive
What changes: Performance fabrics only, no tailoring or soft goods
70% matchSUNSEA
Same Tokyo off-kilter proportion play, less militaria
What changes: Conceptual fabric quirks over archive sourcing
Brand facts
N.Hoolywood is a Tokyo menswear label founded in 2001 by Daisuke Obana, a former vintage buyer who opened the Harajuku shop Mister Hollywood in 2000. Each collection follows a stated theme, reworking American military, workwear and mid-century civilian archives into relaxed tailoring, layered outerwear and utility trousers. Sub-lines include the lower-priced COMPILE range, Test Product Exchange Service (TPES) and Under Summit Wear. Recent output includes footwear collaborations with Danner and Teva and a Big Mac workwear capsule for Spring 2026.
- Founded
- 2001
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Made in
- Japan
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Workwear / Heritage, Minimalist / Contemporary