Daisuke Obana went on safari for his spring collection. But rather than designing a collection only for the bush, he created a lineup that would work just as well in a bustling city.

The impetus for N. Hoolywood’s Compile collection was creative director Obana’s first trip to South Africa — a visit that had a profound effect on him.

“Africa was very different from what I had imagined,” he said. “It was a comfortable, livable, and highly developed metropolitan place, which was a real surprise. That’s why instead of creating a typical ‘safari look,’ I focused on designs that blended safari details into urban activewear and fabrics.”

This morphing of “formal and dresswear into contemporary, easy clothing,” showed up in updated versions of safari jackets and workwear-inspired pieces in func

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