We’re having a Valentine’s Day sale — 10% off everything red in our store — at Angel Vancouver, and here are a few suggestions for gifts for the special someone in your life.
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide.
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 Desigual kids line for Spring-Summer 2014 features some great wild animal prints on T-shirts, plus some domestic animals and animal mashups. Here’s a sampling of our new Desigual kids in stock for spring, which arrived last Friday at our store, Angel Vancouver:
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The Desigual Spring-Summer 2014 collection also has some cool animal print T-shirts for adults:
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide.
We’re having a Valentine’s Day sale — 10% off everything red in our store — that will continue until the end of the Olympics on Feb. 23. We also have reduced prices of select Desigual items by 35%, and are offering 20% off all men’s Desigual winter jackets and sweaters.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning and click here to see the outfit I painted for Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
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.
In keeping with today’s animal theme, our music video is Weezer singing Island in the Sun, which features all sorts of wild and not-so-wild animals:And here’s Kevin Richardson of South Africa, who hugs lions:And here’s a man who swims with a polar bear:
Russian supermodel Irina Shayk wearing Desigual this week at New York Fashion Week
Our spring shipment of Desigual’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection arrived Friday at Angel Vancouver. Some of the new T-shirts for men and short-sleeved dresses might not seem suitable for our current cold spell of below-zero weather, but will be great if you’re heading somewhere warm for vacation. (Click on photos to enlarge and put cursor on photos for prices.)
Here is a sampling of the Spring 2014 collection, which we will add to in the days ahead:
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Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide.
We’re having a Valentine’s Day sale — 10% off everything red in our store — that will continue until the end of the Olympics on Feb. 23. We also have reduced prices of select Desigual items by 35%, and are offering 20% off all men’s Desigual winter jackets and sweaters.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning and click here to see the outfit I painted for Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
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.
Today’s music video is The Dog is Mine by Canadian singer k-os (pronounced chaos):Here he is singing Crabbucket:And since the Winter Olympics start today, here’s a great sports anthem, Wavin’ Flag — the theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup — featuring Spanish singer David Bisbal Ferré and Canadian singer K’naan, who wrote the song as a call for freedom in his birth country, Somalia:I also chose this song because Spain won the 2010 World Cup and Desigual is designed in Barcelona, Spain.
South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel modelled for Desigual on Thursday at New York Fashion Week
Desigual unveiled its Fall-Winter 2014 collection today at a New York Fashion Week show at Lincoln Centre. On the Desigual catwalk was South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel. There are some stunning pieces in the fall 2014 collection, called Why?, including some classic black-and-white dresses and coats, some shimmering-gold designs by Paris couturier Christian Lacroix and some hot new skirts, boots and purses in stunning combinations of Desigual’s atypical patterns that radiate bold Mediterranean colours. We’re expecting our spring shipment of Desigual soon. Once it arrives, below are some of the new items we’ll have in stock. In the meantime, we’ve included a video (below) of a sampling of Desigual’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection:
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide.
We’re having a Valentine’s Day sale — 10% off everything red in our store — that will continue until the end of the Olympics on Feb. 23. We also have reduced prices of select Desigual items by 35%, and are offering 20% off all men’s Desigual winter jackets and sweaters.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning and click here to see the outfit I painted for Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
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.
Today’s music is Why by Scottish chanteuse Annie Lennox:Did you know that Annie Lennox’s daughter, Tali Lennox, was a model in the fashion show that launched the Spring-Summer 2014 collection? Here is the video:
While Desigual’s spring collection is expected to arrive this week at Angel, Desigual unveiled last week its Fall-Winter collection in Barcelona. Here’s a video showing some of the styles in the new collection to arrive for fall 2014, featuring Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, whose boyfriend is soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo:You can see a longer video of the Barcelona catwalk show by clicking here (the show doesn’t start until the 11-minute mark). The next video shows some of the spring 2014 collection, with Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima:Here’s a longer video of the spring collection from New York fashion week, featuring models Tali Lennox (daughter of singer Annie Lennox) and Amber Le Bon, daughter of Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran and model Yasmin Le Bon:
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide.
We are having a Valentine’s Day sale on everything red in our store, which will continue until the end of the Olympics on Feb. 23. We also have reduced prices of select Desigual items by 35%, and are offering 20% off all men’s Desigual winter jackets and sweaters.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning.
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.
Today’s music is by two young Vancouver women who call themselves Pack A.D. Here’s a video of their song Big Shot:And here’s Pack A.D. doing their song Take, a homage to Gary Numan’s video for his 1979 hit Cars:The Vancouver duo are sort of garage band cousins to another Vancouver duo, Japandroids:
We’ve just added a new line of T-shirts from OCB Designs, a Canadian company based in Virginia. These are redesigned hand-dyed shirts that are form-fitting & made from 100% organic cotton.
Here I am wearing an OCB Designs T-shirt. They are hand-painted, hand-dyed shirts by Thomas O’Casey. photo by angelvancouver.com
The shirts are by Thomas O’Casey. Thomas and myself attended the Chouinard art school together in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Here is some info about Tom from his website: “Over 30 years of design and concept support for NASA Design — created the ‘Aerospace Design Exhibit’ for NASA, comprised of historical NASA wind tunnel test models as art and sculpture forms, based on Brancusi’s ‘Bird in Flight’, developed with Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and the Art Institute of Chicago. Also worked for Fortune 500 companies: Universal Studios, California; supporting artist management for Geffen/Roberts, STAX Records, Warner Brothers in Chicago; Nick Wilder Gallery, Leo Castelli and Andre Emmerich Galleries; Corcoran School of Art and Chouinard/Cal Arts. Also assisted Frank Gehry with his early work on his Santa Monica House.”
For his next batch, Thomas plans to dye shirts and other garments “in the air” by a unique process. Stay tuned for more shirts in different colours over the next few months.
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Bacelona-based Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We ship worldwide. New styles from Desigual’s spring-summer 2014 collection will be arriving soon.
Until then, we are having a Valentine’s Day sale on everything red in our store, which will continue until the end of the Olympics on Feb. 23.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning.
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.
Today’s music is a slightly jerky video of Canada’s Arcade Fire, who are from Montreal, playing with Canadian icon Neil Young, performing Neil’s classic, Helpless:Arcade Fire’s lead singer, Win Butler, sounds like Neil did 40 years ago — here’s a video of Neil in concert 43 years ago:Before going solo, Neil had been a member of Buffalo Springfield:Before that, Neil Young had been in a band called the Mynah Birds, whose lead singer was the late Rick James, who later went on to record his big hit Super Freak:James died in 2004.
To help you celebrate the Chinese New Year this weekend and Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, we’re offering 10 percent off everything red in our store, including women’s Desigual tops and dresses, men’s Desigual shirts and T-shirts, Desigual scarves and hats, Tibetan felt slippers, Tibetan shawls, red lace tights and leggings, red Desigual purses and kids clothing, red woollen mittens from Nepal and red necklaces.
Red is also a central colour of the Canadian Olympic team, which will begin showing off their stuff in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 8.
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Bacelona-based Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We recently received a new Desigual shipment that included a number of fall coats and sweaters for women, plus Desigual shoes, boots and some colourful rain boots. We ship worldwide.
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com And Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning.
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.
Today’s music is Canada’s k.d. lang singing Leonard Cohen’s song Hallelujah at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver:She first played Vancouver at the nightclub above my store, which was then called The Savoy but now is called the Diamond. Here is what she was like then:I also saw her perform this song on a paddlewheeler in Vancouver’s harbour; she signed her first major recording contract that night in the ship’s wheelhouse:And finally, here’s one of my k.d. lang favourites, performing Neil Young’s song, Helpless:Neil Young reportedly teared up watching Lang perform his song while watching the Juno awards (Canadian music awards) on TV. At the time, he was recovering from surgery after suffering a brain aneurysm.
The Scottish poet, Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759 in the “auld cley biggin” that is now known as Burns Cottage. His birth is celebrated today throughout the world as Burns Night, with Burns Suppers, poems and songs.
There will be many dinners tonight to celebrate the world’s most famous Scot, Robbie Burns, a poet whose song Auld Lang Syne is one of the most popular songs in the English-speaking world, up there with Happy Birthday and For he’s a Jolly Good Fellow.
M.W. Turner’s 1822 painting, The Battle of Trafalgar
My dad Jack Haliburton’s side of the family were Scots whose family can be traced back to the 1400s to Lord Walter Haliburton, who owned a castle in Dirleton, Scotland. My mother’s family, who were from the Isle of Arran in Scotland, were given land in Canada (what is now New Brunswick) to reward them for fighting in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 with Lord Nelson; the famous ship battle defeated the French-Spanish fleet, which lost twenty-two ships, without a single British vessel being lost.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth ;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green vallies below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Desigual Escocia shirt, $124. Size L photo by Desigual
To celebrate the great Scot, we have this Desigual shirt called Escocia (spanish for Scotland) on special this weekend (left).
And here’s a nice red plaid shirt (with corduroy cuffs and collar) called Piña, which was $124 but is on sale for $99 this weekend:
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Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Bacelona-based Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We recently received a new Desigual shipment that included a number of fall coats and sweaters for women, plus Desigual shoes, boots and some colourful rain boots. We ship worldwide.
And here’s a sneak preview of a Desigual men’s T-shirt for spring 2014, which should be arriving soon. It’s called Monkey 3D:
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel @ (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com
And Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning.
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.
Now that the Christmas rush is over — I painted dozens of shirts for customers who wanted to give them as unique gifts — I’ve spent the last few weeks painting some new shirts.
Here are a few I painted for customers for Christmas, plus others I painted more recently:
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection in Vancouver of the Bacelona-based Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids. We recently received a new Desigual shipment that included a number of fall coats and sweaters for women, plus Desigual shoes, boots and some colourful rain boots. We ship worldwide.
And here’s a sneak preview of a Desigual men’s T-shirt (left) for spring 2014, which should be arriving soon. It’s called Monkey 3D:
If you’re looking for a custom hand-painted shirt, call Angel (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com
And Click here to read about a shirt I painted for actress Dakota Fanning.
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.
Today’s music is Gotye singing Somebody That I used to Know; the video features some cool body painting:Gotye’s (pronounced gott-tee-ay) real name is Wouter De Backer. His friends call him Wally. He was born in Bruges, Belgium but moved to Australia with his family when he was two years old. He explained to Sound on Sound magazine how he struggled with writing the song, which started with his sampling the guitar of Brazilian jazz guitarist Luiz Bonfá’s 1967 instrumental song “Seville”:
“Writing ‘Somebody’ was a gradual and linear process. I started with the Luiz Bonfa sample, then I found the drums, and after that I started working on the lyric and the melody, and added the wobbly guitar-sample melody. After that, I took a break, and a few weeks later I came back to the session and decided on the chorus chord progression, wrote the chorus melody, and combined that with sounds like the Latin loop and some of the percussion and the flute sounds that further filled the space. At that point I hit a brick wall. I was thinking: ‘This is pretty good, how can I get to the end really quickly?’ and I was trying to take lazy decisions to finish the song. I considered repeating the chorus, an instrumental bridge, a change in tempo or key, I even considered finishing the song after the first chorus. But nothing felt like it was strong enough. So the third session was all about writing the female part and changing the perspective. The arrangement of ‘Somebody’ is reflective of me moving towards using sounds that provide me with inspiration for a texture or a platform for an idea, and then through sonic manipulation and coming up with original melodies and harmonic ideas to make it my own. I guess the balance of sounds taken from records and samples I created myself is perhaps 50-50.”
He eventually used Kimbra, a New Zealand recording artist, to sing the female vocal. At the moment, Gotye’s song has been viewed more than 470 million times on YouTube. The most watched video is Gangnam Style by Korean guy Psy, which now has more than 1.8 billion views, surpassing the 971 million views of Baby by Canadian Justin Bieber.
Todd Rundgren wrote and sang some great songs in the early 1970s: Hello It’s Me, I Saw the Light, Can We Still be Friends. And more recently, Bang on the Drum.
A couple of years ago, he performed in New York City wearing a Desigual T-shirt (far left) that was designed by the company owner, Thomas Meyer. Here’s a video of that show:On Aug. 1, 2018, Todd released this video, which shows Todd’s drummer wearing a Desigual monkey shirt:
Todd currently lives on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he performed I Saw the Light and It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference with Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) at Todd’s house:Here’s another song performed at Daryl’s House, Can We Still be Friends: Rundgren engineered and produced a bunch of hit albums: Stage Fright for The Band, Straight Up by Badfinger, We’re an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf, New York Dolls by New York Dolls, Skylarking by XTC. But it was the Meat Loaf record that allowed him to buy his place in Hawaii. Hello It’s Me is still one of my favourites:
His latest recording is State. His website is here. And Todd wearing the Desigual shirt:
Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of the Bacelona-based Desigual clothing line for men, women and kids.
Angel also specializes in custom hand-painted shirts. Locally made, painted by hand. You won’t find these shirts anywhere else in the world, except Angel Vancouver. Call (604) 681-0947 or email jackie@angelpaint.com We ship worldwide.
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.
We’re having a Valentine’s Day sale — 10% off everything red in our store — at Angel Vancouver, and here are a few suggestions for gifts for the special someone in your life.
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