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Wood Wood
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Wood Wood

Founded
2002
Founder
Karl-Oskar Olsen, Brian SS Jensen
Wood Wood was founded in 2002 in Copenhagen by Karl-Oskar Olsen, Brian SS Jensen, and Jonas Sloth Pedersen as a streetwear-and-graphic-design-anchored Scandinavian menswear-and-womenswear brand specifically focused on what the founders described as 'a deliberately-Scandinavian, deliberately-graphic contemporary streetwear vocabulary anchored to the Copenhagen post-punk and graphic-design cultural scene of the early 2000s.' The brand has been one of the defining post-2002 Scandinavian-anchored streetwear brands, with the iconic Wood Wood double-W logo and the broader graphic-design-driven brand identity anchoring the broader cultural position. The Wood Wood vocabulary settled around several recurring elements: heavyweight cotton tees and hoodies with the brand's iconic double-W logo and shifting seasonal graphic-design references, deconstructed denim and workwear-derived trousers, the long-running Wood Wood × Champion, Wood Wood × adidas, Wood Wood × Levi's, Wood Wood × Carhartt WIP, and Wood Wood × Burberry collaboration capsules, deliberately-deconstructed cotton-and-linen tailored separates, and a colour palette anchored to washed-black, washed-navy, ecru, oxblood, plus the brand's recurring use of saturated electric-blue, butter-yellow, and the iconic Wood Wood-graphic-aesthetic colour combinations. The brand is independent and held by Olsen, Jensen, and Pedersen. Wood Wood operates flagship retail in Copenhagen (Krystalgade — the brand's home flagship; Forum Copenhagen), Berlin (Mitte), Stockholm, Aarhus, plus international wholesale through SSENSE, MR PORTER, MATCHES, Dover Street Market, Beams, Patta, HBX, the broader Scandinavian-and-European streetwear specialty network, and a substantial Japanese department-store distribution. The brand has been one of the defining post-2002 Scandinavian-anchored streetwear brands, with the deliberately-Copenhagen-graphic-design-anchored visual positioning specifically anchoring the brand inside the broader European-streetwear conversation.

Shop Secondhand

Archive and rare Wood Wood pieces mostly circulate on the resale market. Japanese sites don't ship to China — buy via a proxy like Buyee; most Western sites ship internationally or are reachable with a US/EU forwarder.

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Flagship Stores2

Berlin
Rosenthaler Straße 35, 10178 Berlin
Copenhagen
Krystalgade 6, 1172 Copenhagen

Where to Buy 8

Retailer list compiled from public information; actual availability may vary.

Timeline5

  1. 2002

    Founded in Copenhagen

    Karl-Oskar Olsen and Brian SS Jensen launch Wood Wood as a multi-brand concept store in Copenhagen, mixing fashion with graphic design, art and skate culture.

  2. 2006

    First in-house collection

    The brand expands beyond multi-brand retail with its first full Wood Wood ready-to-wear collection.

  3. 2010

    London store opens

    Wood Wood opens its first store outside Denmark in London's East End, signaling its push into the wider European market.

  4. 2014

    Disney capsule collaboration

    A capsule with Disney featuring vintage Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck graphics becomes one of the brand's most recognised collaborations.

  5. 2018

    Champion collaboration

    Wood Wood links with Champion on a sportswear capsule, deepening its reputation for cross-pollinating heritage labels with Scandinavian design.

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