In honor of fashion week, I give you Kraftwerk’s “The Model.” This song, from 1981’s “Computer World,” is pretty much their most melodic and accessible song ever. Oddly enough it was originally the B-Side release of the title track single. When DJ’s started playing “The Model,” their record company, EMI, quickly repackaged the release with that song as the A-Side.
Apparently this enraged the band. They may have been angry, but they did make money; the single went to #1 in the UK.
Whether or not their ire was real, I have to think that deep down, they must have been a little bit happy about the collision of art and commerce. And this co-existence is really at the heart of all of fashion, no?
margauxville 
Indeed, i think your definition of fashion is right. also i don’t see the point in keeping something out of the mainstream, art/music have their own dynamic and get where they are meant to get.
“The Model” was not included on “Computer World”, it was originally on “The Man Machine”, which was released in 1978 if I remember correctly.