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Desigual IBUK down-filled jacket designed by Christian Lacroix for Fall-Winter 2014. $449. It has a faux-fur lined collar. Now at Angel Vancouver. photo by angelvancouver.com

Desigual has a number of stylish new winter coats and jackets, including two women’s down-filled coats and several by Paris couturier Christian Lacroix, who designed more than three dozen pieces this season.

We also have Desigual winter coats for men and kids. Have a look at the photos below of what we have in stock.

We’re offering 20% off the entire Desigual Fall-Winter collection this week. And up to 35% off select Desigual items (put your cursor over the photo for the regular price, before the sale discount).

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual  for men, women and kids on Canada’s West Coast. We ship worldwide.

We also carry Desigual shoes, rain boots and ankle boots for fall, plus Desigual scarves and women’s bags.

Desigual is based in Barcelona and produces 1,000 new designs every season. We can’t stock it all but if you see something we don’t have, we can special order it in for you. We love happy customers!

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Angel also specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. I’m now taking orders for Christmas. Call me at the store (604-681-0947) or email me at 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, where Vancouver began.  The photo above shows what my store looked like in 1886.

Today’s music is a new song recorded by 1960s country music star Glen Campbell. It’s also his final song — the Country Music Hall of Famer is struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease and now is in a care home. The video for the song, I’m Not Going to Miss You, mixes home movies, some career highlights and performance footage, and his doctor explaining the results of a brain scan to Glen and his wife of 32 years, Kim:

Here’s Glen singing Witchita Lineman:

The song was written by Jimmy Webb, who also wrote this hit for Campbell, Galveston, which was about a soldier in Vietnam longing for his love and home in Texas:

Campbell was a great guitar picker, who worked as a studio musician in his early days, playing with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, the Righteous Brothers, and the Monkees. He played with a legendary group of Los Angeles session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, When Beach Boys member Brian Wilson dropped out of touring, Campbell played guitar on the road with the band in 1965 and can be heard on the album Pet Sounds. Two years later, he had his first hit with a faster version of John Hartford‘s song, Gentle On My Mind:

Here’s Campbell singing another Jimmy Webb song, By the Time I Get to Phoenix:

And finally, here’s Michael Stipe of REM and Patti Smith singing (slightly off-key) Witchita Lineman at a New Year’s Eve party three years ago: