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Angel is Vancouver's first Desigual boutique. We've been in business since 1978.

New Desigual arrivals for fall-winter 2013 for women

We have plenty of new coats, dresses, skirts and tops for women from the new Desigual fall-winter 2013 collection for women at Angel (see photos below). One of the standout new coats is called Asha, featuring brown fall colouring. AngelVancouver … Continue reading

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The Art of Tyrus Wong: A Retrospective at age 102

In an earlier post about Disney creating Mickey Mouse, I mentioned that I went to Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, where Walt Disney was a patron. One of my fellow students was Kim Wong, whose father, Tyrus Wong, worked … Continue reading

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New Desigual for kids for fall

We have some great new tops, hoodie shirts for boys and tops and dresses for girls at Angel from Desigual’s fall-winter 2013 line. We also have pants-and-tops sets for babies as well (see photos below) Angel Vancouver has the largest … Continue reading

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Selling down coats in the summer? Yes, new Desigual winter coats for men have arrived at Angel (with Finger Eleven video)

This may be one of the hottest days of the year in Vancouver, and we realize you might be cool to the idea until fall, but we decided to give you a head’s up — a number of new Desigual … Continue reading

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New arrivals for men from Desigual’s fall-winter 2013 collection (with mini video tribute to Billy Cowsill)

We’ve just received an early shipment of the Desigual fall-winter 2013 line, including some great new pieces for men: a sweater-jacket called Kanit, a blazer called Ame Wool, a military-green cotton jacket called Military, which has a cool neon yellow … Continue reading

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Five new Christian Lacroix designs for Desigual’s fall-winter 2013 collection

Here are five new designs by Paris couturier Christian Lacroix  that just arrived as part of Desigual‘s fall-winter 2013 line: Angel Vancouver just received a second shipment of the Desigual fall-winter collection, and we’ll be posting more photos in the … Continue reading

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Filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s final art school project (with video of Monty Python’s Lumberjack Song)

During an earlier post about film director Tim Burton, I mentioned that I had a story to tell about a former classmate at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, which Terry Gilliam & I attended in the 1960s. Here is … Continue reading

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The last Gastown water tower (with Steve Earle, Cat Empire videos)

There used to be water towers on buildings throughout Gastown, but there’s only one left. It’s on the Koret building and the $1-million suite with the water tower roof deck is currently for sale. Below are some photos of a … Continue reading

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Some new hand-painted Angel T-shirts

Angel is celebrating our 35th year in business. I started painting T-shirts in 1978; here are the most recent ones, now at my store: Angelvancouver still has new arrivals from the Desigual summer 2013 line.  And we’ve just received our … Continue reading

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Video preview of Desigual for spring-summer 2014

Here we are in the middle of summer and Desigual unveiled Tuesday its new line for spring-summer of 2014 in Barcelona. This 26-minute video shows next year’s styles: The video features Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima (left). Angel Vancouver still has … Continue reading

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