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Music, fashion and sustainability are wrecking into each other at an incredible rate these days. Many musicians dive deep into fashion and lifestyle product collaborations to augment income that once came in from actual music sales; others do so to elevate their own personal brand. A huge segment of them collaborate in those spaces to further philanthropic and sustainability interests. This month’s melding of fashion and music is primarily owned by New York Fashion Week, which took place earlier this month.
During the festivities this year, one of the longest standing and most successful music visionaries with no fashion CV, Clive Davis, said, “I love the fact that fashion and music have combined so meaningfully as of late. Never to trivialize music, but to do it in a way that shows the importance of music in everybody’s life. Whether it’s in solitude or whether it’s in company or even if it’s in fashion.”
Fashionista did a bang up job of comparing some of the most over-the-top beauty looks from New York’s Fashion Week and the musicians that must have inspired them. From Siouxsie Sioux to Boy George to Willie Nelson, the inspirations are really undeniable. A glammed up Miss Piggy even made her way into the shows this year – she undeniably is plus rock star in her own right. Talk about longevity!
Almost any cultural event these days can get swallowed up by a Kanye stunt, and one of the most globally important events for fashion was no exception. No matter where you reside or what your interests are, some of these Kanye/Fashion Week stories most likely reached you, and we admittedly have no interest in adding kerosene to the fire. While he obliterated a great deal of goodwill the fashion industry had toward him by upstaging and stealing models from one up-and-coming designer’s show, he did in fact present his new line, Yeezy II. Draw your own conclusions of the line, presented to an invite-only crowd who received vacuum-sealed T-shirts as invites. Attendees included Lorde, Drake, Tyga, 2 Chainz and more.
Last but not at all least, arguably the most revered exec in digital music over the last 20 years, Ian Rogers, left Apple Music for the global lifestyle and fashion behemoth LVMH, primarily based in Europe. LVMH owns fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Christian Dior, as well as Wines and Spirits, such as Veuve Clicquot, and massive cosmetic brands like Sephora. Ian got his start in the music industry running the website for The Beastie Boys, then heading up Yahoo! Music, helping to launch Topspin, then finally leading the Beats team before they were bought by Apple. What an excellent play by the fashion industry. I can personally say that I know Ian is brilliant and a “dream to work for” as many of my former colleagues have noted.
Stay tuned for our next installment of where music meets fashion, spearheaded by the MiA Project!
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