Style Equation Magazine - THE STYLE OF MUSIC ISSUE | Page 92

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR DANIA WRIGHT An Artist Explores the Connection Between Fashion and Music By Erin Richards The nexus between fashion and music is often well noted. Elvis shook up the music world not only with his scandalous hip thrusts, but also with his slicked hair and jumpsuits that revolutionized glamour in the 1960s. Nirvana legend, and lead singer Kurt Cobain took flannel t-shirts and ripped oversized jeans to the height of hip fashion in the grunge era in the 1990s. But the evolution of fashion in the hip-hop world has been less as docu