The Relationship Between Fashion And Music

Nowadays music and fashion industry have grown so big that it is being owned by various conglomerates. This two fields have intimate relationship dated back over the last decades and as we proceed we shall see the differences, similarities, collaborations, and the affect of convergence on this industries.
DEREFERENCE: The difference between fashion and music is that fashion is more artistic and basically deals with more showcasing whilst music involves composing, singing and shooting the music video.
SIMILARITIES: Fashion and music share common similarities such as influencing teenagers by making them buy the CD, playing the music of their favourite musician's or wearing design from well recognised fashion industries such as; Prada and Gucci wears. however another similarities of this two field is that it influence their fans to buy a concert ticket for fashion show and to watch their favourite music artist perform.
COLLABORATION: According to difference music.com "Fashion and music live in a common place. A fashion show without music would be like a record without it’s images". Moreover, there are several creativities that have initiated ongoing collaboration between fashion and music. Nowadays musicians are using models for their music video's and this models have specific company that design the outfits that will be used for the music video.
Furthermore, due to the converging nature of this two fields, we have seen different musicians such as 50cent, Jay-Z, and lady-Gaga from hip-hop and R&B, who have particular fashion designer & has successfully launched their own clothing company.
RESOURCES:
1. www.fashion-era.com
2. expressioninspiration.blogspot.com
3. www.youtube.com
4. www.differencemusic.com
5. www.csm.arts.ac.uk