VANA - STAGE THREADS Ep. 10 - video Dailymotion

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Subscribe to DTB at http://digtb.us/subscribe 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”, dark pop artist, VANA, shows you her stage outfits and discusses how their style connects to her music and the stories behind the clothing she wears during performances. VANA is currently supporting her newest single, Pray.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - November 4, 2025 Location - House of Blues in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH VANA: Facebook - https://facebook.com/officialvananz Instagram - https://instagram.com/vana_nz Twitter - https://twitter.com/vana__nz  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 00:39 Skip Intro 01:17 Masks 03:59 Outfit Inspiration 07:04 Makeup, Hair Care, & Skin Care 11:06 Everyday Outfits 12:18 Accessories  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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00:00My everyday outfits I would describe as a 13 year old boy.

00:04It's a V for Vanna, ha ha ha!

00:08As you can see now, I'm not wearing any pants because they're camouflaged, so you can't see them.

00:30Hello, my name is Vanna, you might recognize me from the bus video I did.

00:45And we are in Chicago right now at the House of Blues.

00:48And yeah, we're doing style analysis today.

00:53Unfortunately, my big package of costumes has been lost in the road, so it's currently

01:00being shipped back and forth between senders and hopefully we'll get it before the next

01:05couple shows.

01:06Which would have been a shame because I could have shown you all these cool things that myself

01:09and my stylist have worked together to kind of build over the past couple months.

01:13But right now, we'll show you what we do have.

01:17Starting with these beautiful masks that are handmade, with love, by Fantomacy.

01:24Like a couple months ago, I saw Fantomacy on my Instagram and I was like, holy fuck, that's

01:30so cool and they're so talented.

01:33And I've always wanted to have masks for my band members.

01:35Previously, we tried 3D printing some masks last time, I used a Winter Soldier print file

01:43from online and we tried printing them out before the tour and it didn't really work

01:48out.

01:49Matthew wore it.

01:50Almost every...

01:51Matthew wore the Winter Soldier mask.

01:52Yes.

01:53Almost every single show last year, but the boys on stage couldn't really breathe in it,

01:57so they wore gator masks instead.

01:59But this time, we actually have it.

02:01So these are my ladies.

02:05So as you can see, they're all slightly different from each other.

02:09I wanted each one to have their own kind of personal flair.

02:13I kind of let Fantomacy take her own creative liberties for most of it.

02:16I just told her, hey look, I just want black and red and I want my logo to be on it.

02:22And she was like, say less.

02:23And she designed these fucking insanely beautiful things.

02:26This one looks like a bug.

02:28This one looks like a bug as well and that one also looks like a bug.

02:31But they're all very cool bugs.

02:32And mine kind of looks like a Gundam mask.

02:34Gundam guy.

02:35Yeah.

02:36So I thought that was cool.

02:37I really liked how this was evil looking.

02:42I didn't want to do horns because I felt like that's overdone.

02:45I like how this is kind of like, you know, like, what's her name, Maleficent vibes.

02:53And I asked if she could sew on some beads on my one to make it look like blood droplets.

03:00Also, it's a V for Vanna.

03:05So funny and cool.

03:07Yeah.

03:08So they're all kind of look really good together.

03:12They're completely transparent.

03:14Everyone can see through them quite well.

03:15What?

03:16You can see through them?

03:17Yeah.

03:18I don't have any issues really.

03:19Yeah.

03:20So they're really, really good.

03:21I recommend hitting up Phantom to see if you ever need some masks.

03:24She's so talented, but yeah, I'm really, really happy with these.

03:29They are so cool and so pretty.

03:31So traveling with these bad boys.

03:32We have these mannequins just in case they get crushed and we need to reform them.

03:38Usually we travel with them in this little box here.

03:44So we kind of just place them very nicely and my one goes on top because it has this

03:46little thing.

03:47It's detachable, but I never really take it off because I love it so much.

03:52So yeah, we just kind of pop in this case so that they're very nice and snug and safe

03:57on the road.

03:58So me and my stylist Cass have worked for the past like two months on building this kind

04:03of like aesthetic for stage because I think it's really important how people are dressed

04:08on stage.

04:09I think it's part of the theatrics.

04:10I love theatrical stuff, big fucking nerd over here.

04:13So it was really important to me.

04:16So we kind of put together a Pinterest board of our favorite things.

04:19We have a bunch of references, very like Renaissance kind of vibes and how we can like bring that

04:25into like a modern approach.

04:29We love lots of like heels and stuff, but I'm not that nimble, unfortunately.

04:34So we will be using a lot of platform boots so that, you know, I feel a little bit taller

04:40than I am, although I am 6'1", you know, I just want to make that very clear.

04:44I am 6'1", and that is the truth on a good day.

04:50So she's put together this like Google Slides document, which I can show you, with shape,

04:57textures, concepts, accessories, bottoms, corsets, and she's reached out to a lot of cool brands

05:05that have been like super keen to work with me and they've sent me some really cool items.

05:09So we're working with Jeffrey Campbell, Dollskill, Bat Norton, The End, Thistle and Spire, Blackwood

05:18Castle, Affection Boulevard, and Selkie, which is super cool, and a couple things from my

05:24own closet and from Cass's closet.

05:27She's dyed a couple of her things to reuse them and repurpose them.

05:32It's pretty cool.

05:33Jewelry as well from like Ask and Embla and Regal Rose.

05:38All the shoes gifted, dresses, and all of that, cool dresses, cool layering things, and you

05:48can see here, hang on, style out.

05:52So Cass has put together everything that we can pair to kind of make these outfits work,

05:58which is awesome because Cass's brain is so cool and she's thought of these things that

06:02I couldn't think of.

06:04It's really cool.

06:05Some people are just like made for this.

06:07So it's also good because, you know, when you're kind of busy sound checking, doing

06:12VIP, getting your day ready, not having to think about what to pair together sometimes

06:17is super good.

06:18It takes a big weight off your shoulders.

06:20So most of the pieces that I have are either black or red, which is super cool.

06:26So a lot of them are really easily mixed and matched together so that we can create just

06:30like a bunch of different kind of layers and different outfits with all the same clothes,

06:35things and re-use and stuff like that.

06:38The boys kind of wear the same thing every night.

06:40It's very Japanese influenced, very like faggy street style, Harajuku style.

06:47And just depending on the day, depending on the laundry stops is important for them.

06:53But for myself, it's basically as many outfits that Cass and I can kind of mix and match

06:58together just to create some really cool, unique outfits.

07:03So for my makeup, I can never live without eyeliner.

07:07That is a big thing.

07:08I use just NYX eyeliner.

07:10It's so cheap and it's like the easiest to find everywhere because I always either lose

07:15them or run out a lot.

07:19Another big thing on tour that I need to really keep in mind is my hair.

07:23It is very red and I'd like to keep it that way.

07:26So what I do, people always ask me this question, how do you keep your hair red?

07:29I put red dye into, do not judge my dirty ass makeup bag.

07:37I put red dye into my conditioners and my shampoos and my hair masks so that every time I refresh

07:44my hair with like conditioner, it like re-dyes it.

07:48So that is a hack for all of my mentally ill dyed hair, girlies or boilies or everything

07:55in between.

07:56That is definitely a hack that you should use.

08:00For my foundation, the best one I've found is, oh, sorry.

08:09Yeah my foundation that I use, oh my god, this is how I look through my makeup every day.

08:16So I hope that helps.

08:18Super professional is Estee Lauder Double Wear.

08:21This stays on.

08:22This stays on, it's really hard to get off.

08:26So you really have to spend time taking it off otherwise your skin will be very not happy

08:29with you.

08:30I use lip stains on stage too because otherwise if you use lipstick it like gets on the mic

08:37and gets everywhere and it's not fun.

08:41For contour and eyeshadow, I used this palette that I got three years ago.

08:45Makeup technically expires after a year.

08:49I say bah humbug.

08:51No way bro, I'm getting my dosh's worth.

08:54I can't even read it.

08:55I'm pretty sure they didn't even sell it in this shade again.

08:58They like redid the shades so that the grey tone.

09:01This is like a warm tone one and I don't know what I'm going to do when I run out because

09:06they have discontinued it so Too Faced, if you're listening, holy fuck, can you bring

09:12it back please, thank you.

09:16For concealer, I use Charlotte Tilbury and everything else is pretty like mix and matchable.

09:25For my application, I use like actual paint brushes because I found that makeup brushes

09:29are one, super overpriced and two, these ones are like super precise, so I literally, I

09:36don't know, I went to a craft store and I just got like normal paint brushes and this

09:40is how I apply my concealer with like a normal like school paint brush.

09:44That is a hack to use as well.

09:46For primer, I have this one, Grown Alchemist.

09:52I've just recently started using it.

09:54My skin all of a sudden has decided that it's really sensitive and I'm a stupid baby, stupid

09:59little crybaby idiot and I can't use just anything now, so that's cool.

10:05So I use that and it seems to like not disagree with my skin.

10:08And then I use this, if you were a teenager in the 2017 era, you might be scarred by this

10:18product.

10:19I was not unfortunately scarred so I haven't learned my lesson, but this is what I use.

10:24It's Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyebrow Pomade, which if you were a girl in 2017, you might

10:34know the horror stories about it.

10:37Yeah, and then also a really good thing for my stupid baby idiot skin is this green color

10:44correcting thing.

10:45It takes away your redness and it also creates a barrier between your face and makeup.

10:50Because wearing makeup every single day, especially like the amount that you should when you're

10:54on stage, is just not awesome.

10:56It's like probably human shouldn't be doing it, which is why my skin is probably mad at

11:00me.

11:01But this is a good thing to do.

11:03Skincare is very important.

11:04So my everyday outfits I would describe as 13 year old boy.

11:10I have this alter ego, his name is Kyle, and that is who I am when I am not Vana.

11:14I always wear jorts, jorts are a big thing I wear.

11:18I actually made jorts from merch online and I got some of them for samples and I wear them

11:25all the time.

11:26So jorts and oversized t-shirt and as you can see now, I'm not wearing any pants because

11:35they're camouflaged, so you can't see them, which is crazy.

11:43Yeah I very much am, I feel like because I dress up so much on stage and I get to dress

11:50up and wear all these crazy costumes, when I'm not performing I very much value Kyle time,

11:57I call it.

11:59So Kyle time is really good.

12:00It was funny, we went to Vans in Chicago and one of the workers, Jay, recognized us and

12:05he goes, it's so weird, like you're wearing normal clothes and I was like, yes, that is

12:10what we tend to do when we're not.

12:12I think it's funny, people might assume that I'm always wearing leather, not truly the case.

12:17Not truly the case, I'm normally Kyle.

12:18So accessories, I am a big fan of Ask and Embla.

12:23They are my goats, they make some really cool chain things, very medieval themed, I really

12:32love them.

12:34I'm wearing a ring by them right now and I have a couple more.

12:38I got this ring and a couple more in Moab, Utah in this little jewelry store and I really

12:45love them.

12:46They reminded me of the Lord of the Rings so I got them.

12:49So this is another one from Utah from that same store.

12:51I really liked it, it looked like Galadriel so I got it.

12:55And then, same with this one, this one was red, like a red teardrop so I also thought that

12:59was pretty cool.

13:02This one is also from Ask and Embla, it's Sacred Heart.

13:06I love how medieval Ask and Embla is, it's really cool.

13:09And then this one is a snake one which is kind of cool because I have a song called Serpentine,

13:14so I really like this ring, it's from Regal Rose.

13:19This one, I think I actually think that this is a pants chain from, I can't even remember.

13:30I'm thinking it's from a brand called Dangerfield in Australia and New Zealand.

13:34I think it was, I wanted to dye this pair of pants black because it was blue and I took

13:40the chain off and I was like wait this is kind of a cool necklace.

13:42And then this one I got in a market in Vancouver when I was camping.

13:47There was like a little market before the ferry.

13:50And this is the only necklace that I can wear like every day, every night.

13:54I don't have to take it off because it doesn't overstimulate me because the chain is so thin.

13:58So it's really nice.

13:59I think this is tourmaline?

14:00I don't know what it does but it looked cool so.

14:04Thank you so much for hanging out with me and delving into my style, my questionable style.

14:11My name is Vonna.

14:12I have a song coming out called Pray on November 20th and look out for a potential headline

14:18tour early next year.

14:19Yeah.

14:20Okay.

14:21Yeah.

14:22Okay.

14:23Yeah.

14:24Okay.

14:25Whoo.

14:26Theme exact Uhh.

14:27Ha ha.

14:28Yeah.

14:29Okay.

14:30You

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