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Redhead Represenation in New Helmut Lang Video

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Helmut Lang ventured across the pond to Tilburg, Netherlands during the city’s Redhead Days festival to scout models for its latest campaign. In a series of videos and accompanying pics, a roster of redhead talent was cast in a candid yet tender campaign in support of the New York-based designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 ready-to-wear and denim line. With a diverse age range, the video shows each subject discussing pride in all their gingerness and why they appreciate their fairly unique hair color — apparently only 2% of the global population has red hair. Watch the video above now.

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It’s Been a Long Week: The Dabney’s El Diablo

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Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, The Dabney.

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

The Dabney’s El Diablo

The crux of Washington, D.C.’s premiere eatery The Dabney is its Mid-Atlantic, farm-to-table methodology. For those who can’t make the trip to this historic/modern hybrid, mixing up the restaurant’s famous El Diablo cocktail is the next best thing.

HOW

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz. Fidencio Mezcal
  • 0.5 oz. Ginger cordial
  • 0.5 oz. Crème de cassis
  • 0.5 oz. Fresh lime juice

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, STOCK, and Fidencio.

THEN

Combine and shake mezcal, cordial, and lime juice. Fine strain, then sink Crème de cassis.

The Kings Ginger Thanksgiving spirits

Something We'll be Drinking Post Turkey: The King's Ginger

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The Kings Ginger Thanksgiving spiritsIs it contrarian to drink something born of British Royalty on Thanksgiving, the most American of holidays? Maybe, but really not. You see, The King’s Ginger—a zesty, ginger infused whiskey liqueur that just launched on American shores—may be popular in Europe, but in keeping with the, er, spirits of the holiday, we’re quite happy to entertain out of town guests. Especially foreigners. Kinda like the Native Americans who welcomed the Pilgrims. Besides, it’s spicy kick is just the way to fight the sleepy effects of turkey’s tryptophan and comes with a story worthy of post dinner conversating. The King’s Ginger was formulated by Royal spirit suppliers Berry Bros. in 1903 for King Edward VII as a way to revive and restore health to the the king had just taken to traveling mornings for some good ol’ fashioned bird hunting in what were roofless, horseless carriage. Aka—the first ever cars. Drink it on it’s own, but after the jump, check out a delish, American, pumpkin-y recipe for a cocktail to impress…

Pumpkin Patch
Created by Jackson Cannon, Eastern Standard / The Hawthorne
1 oz. Pumpkin infused The Glenrothes Select Reserve
1 oz. The King’s Ginger Liqueur
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 grade A maple syrup (prefer McClure’s)
1 egg white
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Garnish with angostura bitters. 
To infuse the scotch, peel, clean and cut small 2 by 2 inch pieces of sugar pumpkin, very lightly salt and roast for about 20 minutes on 250.Put into a seal container with scotch and let rest for two days. strain off and re-bottle. keep refrigerated.

 

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