Ella Red - STAGE THREADS Ep. 2 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Stage Threads”, the alternative pop artist, Ella Red, shows you their stage outfits and discusses how their style connects to their music and the stories behind the clothing they wear during performances. Ella Red is currently supporting her newest single, Aphrodite.   VIDEO INFO: Film Date - August 12, 2025 Location - Subterranean in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH ELLA RED: Facebook - https://facebook.com/ellaredsings Instagram - https://instagram.com/ellared  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Start of Video 00:52 Dress 02:43 Sketchbook 03:44 Clothing Ella Made 09:28 How Ella Gets More Volume 09:50 Clothing Care 10:28 Shoes 12:19 Hair Preparation  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.

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00:00Mom, can you bring me home some extra fabric flowers?

00:03I got a lot of blood on my thumb, and I left a thumbprint.

00:07And now, I'm not breaking my ankles.

00:30Hi, I'm Ella Redd.

00:37I'm a musician, and I'm on tour, and I wanted to show you guys all of my tour outfits.

00:42I have a new album coming out called It's Not Real, and I wanted to show you guys what

00:46I'm going to be wearing on stage every night of this tour.

00:49This is actually a dress that I did not make.

00:52This one is a selkie dress that I absolutely adore.

00:55It makes me look like a fairy princess.

00:57It's super flowy.

00:58And the back has this great bustle that's actually detachable, so I can unbutton all

01:05of these buttons and make it flow out even longer, which I haven't done yet, because I'm

01:10a little nervous that I'm going to trip over it on stage, because I have done that before

01:14with outfits that are too long, so I really like this bustle just keeping it a little bit

01:18shorter, but it's still longer in the back, so that when I'm dancing around on stage, it

01:24flows behind me like this, and I look like a little fairy princess.

01:29I've been following selkie for a very long time because they're one of the, I feel like

01:34few, um, designs, they have one of the few designs that I really enjoy, which is that

01:41very princessy look.

01:42Um, and so I actually sent my mom on a hunt to go look at selkie dresses for me, and she

01:49came across this one and a couple other ones, but this is the one that I brought on tour

01:53with me because this one felt the most stage-worthy.

01:56I also really love these sleeves, I feel like sleeves, like whenever they're super billowy

02:00like this, add a lot of dramatic touch.

02:03I haven't learned how to make sleeves yet, so I don't have any sleeves on the outfits

02:06that I make yet, but hopefully I'll be able to learn how to do that soon.

02:11So I have a few outfits I wear that I transition between every night.

02:15Um, this one I actually wore the first few nights because I had an allergic reaction the

02:20first several days of tour, and this was the most comfortable outfit, so I'm actually

02:25very, very glad I brought this with me, um, because it's not like so much a corset, like

02:30super tight top, um, so I wore this one the first several nights, and I'll probably wear

02:36it maybe once or twice more.

02:38We have a couple weeks left of tour, so I think I'll wear this maybe once or twice more,

02:43but for the rest of tour I'll be wearing other outfits.

02:46So before the tour I actually had a few photo shoots, and I knew I wanted it to be a dress

02:52that I made myself for the main album photo shoot and for all these press photos.

02:57And so I was thinking about something that felt really uniquely me, and I knew I wanted

03:03a corset top, I knew I wanted it to be a big fluffy skirt, I thought it would be really

03:07nice to have some flower detailing.

03:09And so whenever I was sketching it, I was like, see, you can hear me like testing out

03:14like would sleeves work, what did I want the fabric to be made out of, did I want a petticoat

03:20underneath, how did I want the corset, did I want it to be square, did I want it to be

03:24cupped, what would the layering look like in the skirt.

03:27So this is all what kind of went into it in the planning of it.

03:32And then as I was making it, it took a very long time to make, it took an entire week,

03:38which normally I just knock out a dress super fast, but this one took a whole week to make.

03:45And so I knew I wanted it to be a long lasting one also, so I made sure to use lots of interfacing

03:52on the inside of the corset, between all of these fabric layers, I also used steel spiral

03:59boning, all of this black fuzz on the flowers is actually from Elise's tour sweatshirt that

04:05I've been wearing, and it leaves black fuzz all over my fabric flowers, and I can't get

04:12it off, so it's just going to have to be there until the end of tour.

04:16But I really wanted this to last as long as possible, so I really went all out with steel

04:21spiral boning, extra layering, um, this chiffon.

04:26I'm not, I'm not super talented, swear to god.

04:30So there's a lot of really rough edges here, because I didn't know how to do like a rolled

04:35hem or anything, so all of the edges are really rough, but from a distance, you can't

04:40tell, people are seeing it on stage.

04:43And then under here, I knew I wanted it to have like a pink sheen, but I didn't want it

04:48to be a pink fabric, so I used pink tulle underneath it to give it like that, a glowing

04:53from underneath sort of look.

04:55And then I used a poly satin lining underneath so it wouldn't scratch me, and it would have

05:00a good solid base.

05:02Um, and before this, I actually didn't know how to make a dress.

05:06I just knew how to make a corset, hence corset and then separate skirt.

05:12Um, and so I was trying to figure out in my head, I was like how math to connect corset

05:17to skirt.

05:18Um, so I finally figured that out.

05:21And while I was cutting the boning for the skirt, it actually cut me really bad.

05:27And, uh, I actually was like, this is kind of cool.

05:30So I got a lot of blood on my thumb and I left a thumbprint on the inside of the skirt

05:37lining as like a sort of proof that it was like my blood, sweat and tears went into this

05:42dress.

05:43So that's probably my favorite part.

05:45I also added lots of beautiful gold grommets onto the back.

05:50I thought that the more grommets I added, the more sturdy it would be, but it ended up

05:53just being more work without the extra sturdiness.

05:56So that is noted for the future.

06:00And then I also individually sewed all of these fabric flowers onto here.

06:05My mom actually owns a wreath shop where she sells wreath supplies, including a lot of fabric

06:12flowers.

06:12So anytime I need fabric flowers, I just call her up and I'm like, mom, can you bring me

06:17home some extra fabric flowers?

06:19And so that's how I got all of these.

06:21And then I had to individually sew every single one onto here, which took the longest.

06:26It took probably double the amount of time that it took me to make the rest of the dress

06:30just sewing these individual flowers on.

06:33To get the fabric, I literally, I actually tried going to Joann's and then I realized

06:38they shut down.

06:39All of the Joann's everywhere shut down.

06:41So I went to Hobby Lobby and they actually have a really good selection of fabric there.

06:47And that's where I get most of my fabric is from Hobby Lobby.

06:50I try looking online to find thrifted fabric, but sometimes that's a little too expensive

06:55for small projects like this.

06:57Um, so I just go to Hobby Lobby and get some quick fabric for really cheap.

07:02Um, I actually have a lot of people always ask me where I get my fabrics from and it's

07:06it's Hobby Lobby.

07:07Um, so this outfit, this skirt actually was longer yesterday and then I put it on for

07:14the show last night and I was like, this is too long.

07:17I look like a mushroom.

07:17So I took craft scissors, like the little like four inch scissors and I went around and I

07:22just cut it.

07:23I just raw cut it all the way around.

07:27So it's very rough right now, but, um, it works.

07:32Um, so I only wear one outfit every night, but, um, this is definitely the cherry blossom

07:38dress is definitely my favorite.

07:40Um, but this one is a crowd favorite because I actually have a full long form video of the

07:47process of making this outfit and then also wearing it on stage the next day because I

07:52had to make this outfit actually in one day and I did, and that's on YouTube.

07:56So if you want to see me actually making this outfit, you can check that out.

07:59I have a full long form video.

08:01Actually at the show last night, there was a dad with his daughter that came up and he

08:05said that he had watched the video of me sewing this dress and then I came out on stage wearing

08:10it and he was really excited to see it.

08:12So that was really sweet.

08:14Um, but this was probably like the first, this was the first outfit I made to wear on stage.

08:21Um, and it was actually made out of a curtain that I found in my producer's studio in Nashville

08:29and I saw it on his wall and I was like, you're not attached to that curtain by any chance,

08:34are you?

08:35Because I thought he would make such a beautiful dress.

08:37Um, but he showed me where to get it.

08:39And so I got my own curtain and I made it super fast.

08:41Um, I actually, the original pattern, I had to add a couple inches to the corset to make

08:49it a little bit longer so that I could wear it on stage and jump around in it because it

08:53wasn't originally made for like doing strenuous activity on stage.

08:58So I had to adjust the original pattern to make it work for this.

09:02Um, but this one is pretty similar to this dress.

09:06It's actually like the same exact thing.

09:08This one is just connected and this one isn't.

09:10And I actually added an extra little layer here, like an extra just detailed flap because

09:16I thought that would look nice on stage.

09:18And then, um, whenever I wear either of these outfits, I have this petticoat right here and

09:25this goes underneath my skirt.

09:27I did not make this, um, but what this does is it adds a lot of volume without me having

09:33to waste fabric on making petticoat after petticoat for every outfit.

09:37I just throw this on underneath whatever skirt I'm wearing and it adds a lot of volume.

09:42It adds a lot of dramatics.

09:44And so I can move around and fluff around on stage and everyone loves it.

09:47So because I have these fancy dresses every night and they aren't things that I can fold

09:52up super easily, I do have to steam them pretty constantly.

09:56This dress I steamed actually once and we have it hanging out in the junk bunk or hanging

10:02up in the shower so that I don't have to continue steaming it.

10:06Um, but these ones I do have to like shove into a cubby.

10:11So I do have to continue steaming these ones.

10:14I do try to get away as much as possible without needing to steam anything, but I did have to

10:19steam this outfit last night and I probably will need to again a few more times on the rest

10:25of this tour.

10:28These are my shoes that I wear every night.

10:30They're very like starting to fall apart.

10:33You can see like the backs of them are starting to fray because I'm just, I'm moving so much

10:40on stage and I'm stepping on myself over and over again.

10:43Um, I think it's funny how like they're starting to fall apart.

10:46I did actually buy a second pair of these.

10:49So I do have an extra pair for like close to the end of tour when these actually start

10:54falling apart.

10:55I do have another pair to go through.

10:57Um, but these are my favorite to wear on stage.

11:00I used to wear giant ass pumps that I, uh, would trip over all the time.

11:06I would, there'd be wires.

11:07There are normally wires running across the stage, but whenever you're wearing giant heels,

11:12it's very, very easy to roll your ankle and roll it very hard.

11:17So I just kept doing that too often.

11:19And it was just, it was getting so ridiculous and I looked ridiculous on stage.

11:24People loved the dramatics.

11:25They loved the heels, but I didn't love rolling my ankles and falling in front of everyone

11:29so often.

11:30So we switched to flats.

11:32Um, I actually switched to flats on my last tour.

11:35I grabbed like some TJ Maxx, like beach sandals or whatever.

11:40And, um, I really loved wearing flats.

11:42And so I was like, I need to get some cuter ones.

11:44And so we decided with these ballet flats and they're really cute.

11:47I just crossed the ribbon over my ankles and everyone loves it every night.

11:51They love just the same as they love the heels.

11:54So I don't think it's any like dramatics lost there.

11:56In fact, I think it's actually added because of the ribbon.

11:59And now I'm not breaking my ankles.

12:02So because I actually cut this skirt last night, um, I'm actually going to be wearing the extra

12:10skirt that I cut off as a cute little scarf on stage.

12:14Um, I saw like, why not?

12:17It's a cute little accessory and I might be able to throw it into the crowd.

12:21Um, I actually have two of these now because the skirt was so long.

12:24But I normally don't wear earrings or any extra jewelry that's going to hang off and get caught

12:30in anything because I have tried wearing hoop earrings before.

12:33But I have in ears whenever I'm on stage and they get caught and tangled in my hoops.

12:39And also I have so much hair that anytime I move my hand through my hair or past it, if

12:46I'm wearing bracelets or rings or anything, it gets caught.

12:50And then I'm stuck there pulling out my hair while I'm trying to sing and it's never a good

12:55look.

12:55So since I've stopped wearing jewelry other than my necklace, I've been so good.

13:00I haven't gotten caught on anything.

13:02Um, shoot, where did I actually put it?

13:05During soundcheck and stuff, I look like a wreck.

13:08I'm normally in like my hoodie.

13:10I've like seen people waiting outside before we go into soundcheck and I have my hair curlers

13:16in, um, which I actually have to put in right after this for the show tonight.

13:21Um, which are these little guys.

13:25Everyone always asks me what they are because they're not like normal hair curlers.

13:30I put my hair in a ponytail and then I divide my hair into five sections and I wear this on

13:35top of my head, but I look ridiculous.

13:37And so I basically go the entire day.

13:40We go get breakfast.

13:41We go to a gas station.

13:42We go through soundcheck and I look like that the entire day and I just have to not care

13:46about it because I need my hair to be curled.

13:49So that's always fun.

13:51Um, but I have to do this every morning before the show and, um, then like literally 30 minutes

13:58before I go on.

13:59That's whenever I take it all out and that's whenever I have curls and by the end of the

14:03show, my curls are gone again.

14:04It doesn't last long at all.

14:06I try styling foam, but whenever you're moving as much as I do on stage, I'm doing head bangs.

14:12I'm whipping my hair around.

14:13I'm sweating my ass off.

14:15Everything combined just completely destroys all the work that I do for my hair.

14:20So I literally just curled it, but you can't even tell.

14:23So I have to do it again right before this soundcheck.

14:26Thank you so much for coming by and looking at all of my dresses.

14:29I'm so excited to show you everything else I have coming out.

14:31I have a new album called It's Not Real coming out very soon along with so much more new music.

14:37So go check me out at Ella Red.

14:38You can find me Ella Red, Spotify, wherever you get your music and all over social media.

14:42Thank you so much for coming by.

14:45I appreciate it.

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