Is music fashion?

In a video clip shown before the speeches at the launch of Fashion Rocks 2007, Lee Ryan who used to be in Blue put it best: 'Music is fashion... and... ' Then he furrowed his brow. '... fashion is music.' Well, maybe. Fashion Rocks itself is a preposterous concept: bands play while models mince around them. The first event took place at the Royal Albert Hall a couple of years ago and was then revived in Monaco. It'll be back at the Albert Hall in October next year. Quite why the launch, staged at the Ivy, should be held so early wasn't quite clear. And the promised super-models didn't show. Just Simon LeBon and June Sarpong, who are lovely, but still... Nonetheless, with money going to the Prince's Trust, can we put our names down for a ticket now, please?