28.7.12

70s cocktails





TGI The Weekend, Vintage Dames and Dudes!

Glam Rock week is coming to a close... but what better way to celebrate the weekend than some classic 70's cocktail recipes? 

Take your pick!



HARVEY WALLBANGER

3/4oz vodka
1 1/2 oz orange juice
1/4 oz galliano 
orange slice for garnish
maraschino cherry
ice

fill glass with ice // pour the vodka and orange juice into a glass // top up with galliano // add slice of orange and maraschino cherry // 

story:
supposedly invented by LA mixologist Donato 'Duke' Antone, who had a regular customer called Harvey.

Harvey was a surfer and had lost a competition one night. story has it that he got rather inebriated on the fruity drink and kept banging into the walls and doors.






SLOE COMFORTABLE SCREW
(ah...tee hee hee)

3/4oz vodka
1 1/2 oz orange juice
1/4 oz galliano 
orange slice for garnish
maraschino cherry
ice

fill glass with ice // pour the vodka and orange juice into a glass // top up with galliano // add slice of orange and maraschino cherry // 











KAMIKAZE SHOOTER


3/4oz vodka
3/4oz triple sec
3/4oz sweet and sour
2 pinches sugar
lime slice


fill shooter glass with vodka, triple sec and sweet n' sour // sprinkle pinch of sugar // add wedge of lime









Bon weekend!

25.7.12

glam rock fashion

It's Glam Rock week on the blog and what better way to kick it off than a collection of serious sparkle? Bowie would be proud. 

gold sequin vest
vintage sequin tank // shop

glam rock necklace
glam rock collar // shop

glam rock underwear
glam rock panties // shop

glam rock tee
cropped tee // shop


80s sequin top
sequinned top // shop


gold chainmail scarf
gold chainmail scarf // shop

black sequin vintage tank
sequin tank // shop

glam rock platforms
platforms // shop





23.7.12

glam rock playlist


Happy Monday, Vintage Dames and Dudes!

We hope you had a glorious weekend.

It's a new theme for the week on the blog... we're looking at the fabulously sparkly Glam Rock era!

Here's a little playlist to start your week, with the Glam Rock giants T Rex, Bowie and Iggy Pop, plus Golden Earring and a song that Em loves, by Mud. Enjoy!
two vintage dames