Style Rider: BROODS Live in Strappy Platforms and Yoga Pants, Despite Not Doing Any Yoga

Photo by Kyle Dean Reinford

We're always hearing about bands' tour riders (who can forget that Van Halen refuses to be in the same room as brown M&M's, Britney Spears insists on bunless McDonald's hamburgers, and DMX requires three boxes of condoms and one gallon of Hennessey?). As for what they pack for tour? Not so much. When musicians hit the road, they're often gone for six months at a time, traveling in a beat-up van with little more than a duffel bag. The stuff they decide to bring along has to be comfortable enough to travel in, but cool enough to wear on stage—not an easy feat. So we're reaching out to our favorite artists to find out what they don't leave home without when they're embarking on tour. Chanel mascara? Black Chucks? That perfectly beat-up biker jacket that makes literally everything look infinitely cooler? We're about to find out, and we'll be reporting back with our findings each week.

Photo by Stephen Tilly

After being plucked from obscurity (i.e. New Zealand) by Joel Little who produced Lorde's spectacular debut album, Pure Heroine, the brother-sister duo BROODS snagged a record deal. I saw them play a sold-out show at Mercury Lounge in March, months before their debut EP dropped. Everyone in the crowd was pretty blown away by their performance, but I personally was hung up on the perfect black t-shirt dress Georgia—the vocalist of the group—was wearing. Seriously, six months later, I'm still thinking about it. She may be young (just 19!), and she may nearly exclusively wear black, but the girl totally oozes style.

See what I mean?

YOGA PANTS

"Sitting on planes and buses for hours on end is the best excuse to wear comfy yoga pants all the time. Never mind whether I actually do any yoga in them or not…"

HEAD PHONES

"I'd be lost without music on tour. Also great for blocking out airplane engines and/or anything else."

SLEEP MASK

"Sleeping while sitting up is one of my useful talents, and on tour I have to catch sleep whenever possible. A sleep mask means it's night time all the time."

WINDSOR SMITH PUFFY SANDALS

"My favourite

shoes

ever

! Comfortable, look great with most outfits, make me taller…what more could you ask for from a pair of shoes?!"

POLAROID CAMERA

"We get so carried away with taking photos on our phones, but sometimes a little one off keepsake of a moment is that much more special."

Casey Lewis does this every week. She's on Twitter - @caseymlewis.

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