Oliver Dahle Lampoon Magazine

/ the music industry

Blood, Sweat, and Synths: How Pol Balances Brotherhood, New Wave Music and Fashion

If you discard being raw, it becomes boring. The Pol brothers grew up apart from music but found raw inspiration in the shapes and sounds of runway shows, blending post-punk edges with modern sensibilities

/ Humanities

Humanitarian Design and the archetypes of clothes with REantwerp

Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics

/ Fashion

From Copenhagen to the World: How to Rethink the Role of the Fashion Fair 

To tackle the pressing issues in fashion, collaboration will be key. Sofie Dolva, Director of CIFF, leads the work on strategic international partnerships, that brings the best of Denmark the rest of the world

Gen Z Are The Lonely Generation: Tomorrowland Raise Awareness About Mental Health

In the small town of Boom, 400,000 visitors make a pilgrimage to Tomorrowland. «You can be in a crowd of thousands of people but still feel isolated. We want to provide a sense of belonging» – redefining festival experience

/ Dior, Fashion

The Dior Cruise 2025 celebrates long standing Anglo-French fashion ties

By marrying the French maison’s artisanal approach with the tradition of Scottish craftsmanship, there is a certain closure of the anglo-french relationship between Dior and the Brits

/ cinema

77th Cannes Film Festival: cinema meets controversy

While the red carpets promise to dazzle, underlying tensions threaten to overshadow the cinematic celebration – including political controversies, labor strikes, and a potential #MeToo reckoning

/ Lampoon Issue 29

Bill Kouligas: rough sound and cultural zeitgeist

Bill Kouligas: the world doesn't need any more records. The role of a music label is becoming irrelevant according to the Berlin-based dj. Athens, dj culture, and a view of the industry from the inside

/ Paris

Paris fashion’s return to conservatism

Contemporary fashion finds itself navigating a spectrum from avant-garde innovation to traditional conservatism. At Paris Fashion Week, runway presentations showcase a resurgence of conservative aesthetics

/ Collections

Deciphering the myth that is the Big Four

Chronicles from NYFW and LFW – why are we still holding on to an old idea to recreate something new? This might be the time to rethink the old tradition of what fashion weeks look like

/ couture

Couture SS 2024: make fashion great again

Fashion has a tendency to look back in order to be able to move forward. The German philosopher Walter Benjamin described how this could be a new way of looking at history: tigersprung

/ Collections, Ukraine

Ksenia Schnaider, Ukraine: «If I produced anywhere else in the world, I’d betray my country»

Ksenia Schnaider is the designer of her eponymous brand, based in Kyiv: having a local production the brand is heavily affected by the war, both business-wise and personally

/ call to action, naturally sourced

Forest Stewardship Council looking into the supply chain — from fiber to fashion

The other side of the environmental aspect, in which FSC is looking into if the forest is safeguarding biodiversity and protecting water resources connected to the forest

/ Oliver Dahle