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Electronic music was able to influence fashion because of the clearly intertwined relationship between fashion and music. Even though they seem unrelated, fashion and music shares similarities that they have social significance in expressing individuality that exceeds their apparent function: music’s invisibility and fashion’s necessity lowers guards down.  “Both music and fashion act as social stealth agents, regulating and reflecting cultural roles and expectations while eluding scrutiny through their ubiquity. Music's stealth is aided by its literal invisibility, while fashion functions in spite of, and because of, its hypervisibility.”

 

For example, Molly Hankins, editor at EDM, emphasizes the importance of the provocative costumes at the electronic music festival Burning Man. “Burning Man is all about radical self-expression,” Hankins says. At the same time, people dressed up as anything from angels and Hindu deities to Cirque du Soleil, which contrasts with everyday mundane activities. Attending electronic music festival with exotic costumes is a way to express individuality. 

   

Back in the 20s when Jazz was viewed as extremely scandalous, because it was played almost exclusively in nightclubs with a strong female undertone. Thus listening to Jazz as a female expresses her individuality against traditional female roles. Actually, women who were fans of Jazz wore clothing that rebelled against traditional female roles as well. They wore short skirts and no bras. 

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Fashion and music seems to be affecting each other because of their dependency on the social background. As people in a similar culture express their views similarly through fashion and music.