We’ve just added a new line of women’s clothing to our store: Purple Jam. It’s designed in Italy, features some colourful, bold prints and the price point is between $50 to $75 for dresses and tops. Here’s a sample of the new arrivals from Purple Jam at Angel Vancouver:

Purple Jam maxi dress, $74

Purple Jam dress, $52 photo by angelvancouver.com

Purple Jam dress, $63. photo by angelvancouver.com

Purple Jam dresses, $59. Shown with chenille scarf from Ecuador. photo by angelvancouver.com

Purple Jam maxi dress, $74. photo by angelvancouver.com

Purple Jam T-shirt, $54. photo by angelvancouver.com

Purple Jam tunic top, $59. photo by angelvancouver.com

We have this Purple Jam loose knit top in black and beige. $59

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Angel Vancouver has a winter clearance sale — up to 35% off select Desigual clothing — to make room for Desigual’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection, which has already arrived.

Angel offers the largest selection in Vancouver of Desigual  for men, women and kids. Desigual produces 1,000 new pieces every season. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, we might be able to order it in for you. We ship worldwide. (You can click on the top bar to see the Desigual we have in stock for Spring-Summer 2014.)

If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel at (604) 681-0947 or email me: jackie@angelpaint.com

Angel Vancouver is located at No. 2 Powell Street in the Gastown district of Vancouver, Canada. Our store is on the corner of Powell & Carrall Street in Maple Tree Square, which is where Vancouver began.  The photo above shows what my store looked like in 1886.

Desigual’s slogan is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)! It reflects the brand’s way of thinking, which is influenced by the Mediterranean, the sun, light, passion and a lust for life, installed  with a playful and creative attitude that says: Be confident; don’t be afraid to be yourself.

Today’s video is the party scene from the great Italian film, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), which won an Oscar this year for best foreign film:The film’s trailer with English subtitles is here:The first song in the party scene above is a club remix by French house music DJ/record producer Bob Sinclar. The 2011 song, called A Far L’Amore Comincia Tu, features Italian singer/actress/TV hostess Rafaella Carrà:Here is the original 1977 version of Rafaella’s song:And finally, here’s her English version that was a hit in the U.K. in 1978:She also sings Fiesta en español: