New hand-painted Angel shirts

IMG_1552jackie.painting.may.2013 Angel.giraffe.front.june2013 Angel.flower.shirt.june.12.2013.black.background Angel.lion.shirt.2013 IMG_1596 IMG_1594 Angel.lion.shirt.nov.2013Here are some of the recent Angel shirts painted as orders for customers. I paint both the front and back of shirts, and specialize in custom hand-painted shirts.

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IMG_1560 IMG_1564 - Copy IMG_1566 IMG_1568 IMG_1572 - Copy IMG_1580 - Copy IMG_1589 IMG_1590 IMG_1592AngelVancouver has been in business 35 years and ships worldwide.

carrall&powell.1886Angel Vancouver is located at No. 2 Powell Street in the Gastown district of Lion.1Vancouver, 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 this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

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Today’s video is from 46 years ago… the Rolling Stones in Ireland in 1965 singing (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction:

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Ward off the fall chill with a Desigual scarf (with video showing 25 ways to tie a scarf)

We have some newly arrived Desigual scarves at Angel Vancouver as the fall chill sets in:

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And here’s a few we still have from an earlier shipment, including this one inspired by Cirque du Soleil:Desigual.Cirque.du.Soleil.scarfDesigual.scarf.1.june.2013 Desigual.scarf.2.june.2013 Desigual.scarf.4.june.2013

Desigual.Marilyn.scarfYou can click here to see  lots of cotton and silk scarves from India, Ecuador, Italy, as well as Tibetan shawls made of yak wool, which we have at Angel.

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids.

Click here to have a look at more of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we have in stock at Angel.Desigual.logo.3.

If you don’t see what you’re looking for, we might be able to order it in and ship it to you. We ship worldwide.

Angel  also specializes in custom hand-painted shirts. I paint both the front and back of shirts. Call (604) 681-0947 or email me at jackie@angelpaint.com.

carrall.and.water.1886.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.

This historical photo shows what my store looked like in 1886.

Desigual’s slogan is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool!)

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013Today’s video shows you 25 ways to tie a scarf:

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The new Desigual Elvis shirt for men at Angel Vancouver

Desigual.Elvis.singing.T.shirt.$99This new Desigual “Elvis Singing” T-shirt for men just arrived last week at Angel Vancouver. “You ain’t nothin’ but a Chihuahua,” is printed on the shirt.

We also have a number of new men’s shirts, sweaters and jackets from the fall-winter 2013 collection.

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in the city for men, women and kids. We’ve just received a shipment of Desigual from the fall-winter 2013 collection, including shoes & boots for women.

Desigual.Fonk.jacket.fall.winter.2013.angelvancouver.com Desigual.zurtz.down.jacket Desigual.denim.mens.Stars.shirt.36C1223_5105 Desigual.Kanit.mens.sweater.jacket.$254 Desigual.Polo.Marcos.$124 Desigual.Military.Jacket.Neon.Yellow.liner.for.men.fw.2013.$348 Desigual.Marbello.polo.men.fall.$114 Desigual.mens.pants.Diezs.with.suspenders.$189 Desigual.polo.Tom.$119.fall.winter.2013 Desigual.newspaper.TS.men.fall.winter.2013.$99 Desigual.Napolean.T-shirt.37T1420_2005 Desigual.Zurtz.down.jacket.$369Desigual.Ame.Wool.coat.men.fw2013.$289

Desigual.Zurtz.black.$369Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

As well, Angel Vancouver specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.IMG_1575

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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 this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Today’s music video is Elvis singing Heartbreak Hotel in 1968, arguably the peak of his career:  Here’s one of the earliest TV performances by Elvis, singing Hound Dog in 1956: And here’s Elvis singing a song from his second movie in 1957, Jailhouse Rock:

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Another amazing Desigual coat has arrived at Angel

Desigual.Collage.Femina.$369This amazing new Desigual coat just arrived this week. We love how the design elements and colour combine to provide a smashing new coat for fall-winter 2013. Here are some more new arrivals:Desigual.Loves.Experience.$349 Desigual.Mostra.dress.$164 Desigual.Sahara.dress.$189 Desigual.Tarromusik.pants.$154 desigual.dress.fall.2013 desigual.Momboyo.skirt.$99 Desigual.passion.skirt.$134 Desigual.Lesliett.sweater.brownDesigual.Natalia.coat.$444 Desigual.Goddess.of.Cool.$369Desigual.Bety.coat.$329Desigual.Love'sExperience.Desigual.Posthuman.Lacroix.coat.44.$439Desigual.Bety.coat

Angel Vancouver also has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in the city for men, women and kids. We’ve just received a shipment of Desigual from the fall-winter 2013 collection, including shoes & boots for women.Desigual.fall.2013.shoes

Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

As well, Angel Vancouver specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.IMG_1575

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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 this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Today’s music video is David Bowie singing Heroes live in Berlin in 2002:Listen to producer Tony Visconti explain how the track was originally recorded in the studio:

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New Desigual kids for fall-winter 2013

We’ve just received a new shipment of Desigual for kids – lots of new shirts and sweatshirts, pants and jackets for boys, girls and some baby wear from Desigual’s fall-winter 2013 collection.Desigual.Gorro.dress.$54.and.Crema.leggings.$34

Desigual.Sieve.kids.sweater.$114 Desigual.Pesa.kids.sweater.$99 Desigual.Optima.Tshirt.kids.$54 Desigual.Irana.pants.$49.and.jazz.sweatshirt.$54.baby.up.to.24months Desigual.Dellairea.girls.dress.$74 Desigual.Bon.girls.jacket.water.repellent.$154Desigual.Bon.jacket.kids.fall.2013.38E3006_2058Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids.

Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

Desigual.Abril.reversible.sequins.T.$64Desigual.Abadim.reverible.kids.sweatshirt.$94

Angel Vancouver also  specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.

Desigual.Abadim.reversible.kids.sweatshirt.othersidecarrall&powell.1886Angel 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 offering 15 percent off all kids clothing this week to celebrate the Gastown Shop Hop, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 17. We’ll be offering other in-store specials that night.

Desigual’s slogan this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

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Gastown.Shophop.fall.2013Today’s music video is Annie Lennox & David Bowie singing Under Pressure with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert in 1992:

Here is the footage of Bowie & Lennox rehearsing the song before the concert, with George Michael watching in the background:And here’s a video that cleverly shows what it would have been like if Freddie Mercury was still alive in 1992 to sing at Wembley stadium with Bowie and Queen:

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Hawaii Five-0 star Daniel Dae Kim is an Angel customer

Hawaii.5-O.cast.shot.imdbDaniel.Dae.Kim.IMDb.photo.Photo by NORMAN SHAPIRO –  2013 CBSHawaii Five-O star Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Det. Chin Ho Kelly on the TV series, dropped in to buy a Desigual shirt this past weekend while the show was shooting for a few days in Vancouver.

A  young woman in her 20s, who was in the store at the same time, recognized Kim and asked if he was on the Hawaii Five-O show. “Yes, I’m Daniel,” he said, shaking her hand.”Thanks for watching the show.” The teenager was thrilled to have met Kim, previously a cast member of the TV series Lost.

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Daniel Dae Kim photo from “Lost” TV series

Desigual.Plim.shirtKim bought a Desigual shirt called Plim, which is part of the fall-winter 2013 collection. It is a white shirt with the writing/ graphics on it.

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids.

Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

And we’ve just received a new shipment of Desigual shoes for fall:

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Angel Vancouver also  specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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.

Stay tuned for some specials next week for the Gastown Shop Hop, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 17.

Desigual’s slogan this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Gastown.Shophop.fall.2013Today’s music video is the theme song to Hawaii Five-O:And here is the original theme from the 1960s instrumental-surf group The Ventures:

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Three new Lacroix dresses for fall, plus new Desigual boots

Desigual.fall.2013.shoesWe have some more new arrivals this week, including three dresses designed by Christian Lacroix for Desigual, some new Desigual tops and some new Desigual boots for fall-winter 2013. Click here to see more fall-winter shoe styles from Desigual.

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids.

Desigual.Lacroix.Ongyi.dress.$189 Desigual.Lacroix.Pelocio.dress.$229 Desigual.Lacroix.Thomas2.dress.$134 Desigual.Satini.dress.$134 Desigual.TS.Love.$99 Desigual.TS.Mana.$99 Desigual.TS.Mana2.$99 Desigual.new.bag.fall.winter.2013 Desigual.black.boot.fall.2013 Desigual.black.boot.smaller.heel.fall.2013 Desigual.green.boot.cuban.heel.fall.2013Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

Angel specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.Desigual.fall.2013.shoesDesigual.blue.boots.with.patent.leather.toes.fall.winter.2013.2.angelvancouver.comDesigual.Sacha.$254

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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.

Stay tuned for some specials next week for the Gastown Shop Hop, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 17.

Desigual’s slogan this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Gastown.Shophop.fall.2013Today’s music video is Gimme Shelter, performed by musicians across the globe, produced by the Playing for Change group:

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New Goddess of Cool coat, and more for fall 2013

We have some new arrivals for fall 2013, including a stunning new women’s coat called Goddess of Cool:Desigual.Goddess.of.Cool.$369

Another new arrival is a women’s coat called Natalia:Desigual.Natalia.coat.$444

And here is a new skirt for fall called Tabatha:Desigual.Tabatha.skirt.$134

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids.

Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

Angel specializes in custom hand-painted clothing. We ship worldwide.

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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 to the left shows what my store looked like in 1886.

Desigual’s slogan this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Gastown.Shophop.fall.2013Today’s video is Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders singing Angel of the Morning, which was first a hit in 1968 for Merrilee Rush and again in 1981 for Juice Newton; the song was written by Chip Taylor (real name: James Wesley Voight, the brother of actor Jon Voight and uncle of Angelina Jolie; Taylor wrote many hit songs, including Wild Thing, which became a 1966 hit for the Troggs and shocked the Monterey Pop Festival the next year when performed by Jimi Hendrix, who ended his show by setting fire to his guitar and smashing it):

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Christian Lacroix coats on sale this week

Desigual.Solvent.coat.Lacroix.$594This week, we have some Desigual coats designed by Christian Lacroix on sale at Angel Vancouver, including the one to the left, called Solvent. The regular price was $594. We’ll knock off $100.

Desigual.Solvent.coat.Lacroix.$594Also on sale is this coat  designed by Lacroix for Desigual (below left). The regular price was $354. We’ll take off $54 to make it an even $300.

Below are some  other Lacroix that we have in stock.

Lacroix.coat.$354Vest.Canea.Lacroix Desigual.purse.Cuevana.byLacroix Marilyn.top.by.Lacroix.4.Desigual Desigual.coat.by.Lacroix Desigual.parrot.front.Lacroix Desigual.by.Christian.Lacroix Desigual.Lacroix.bag Desigual.sweet.emotion.lacroix.jacket Desigual.Lacroix.Blue.Elektra.and.Sweet.Emotion Desigual.Lacroix.Sandy.dress.$134. Desigual.Demana.purse.Lacroix Desigual.TS.Adds.by.Lacroix.$104 Desigual.Itsthename.dress.by.Lacroix.fall2013 Desigual.Alma.Tshirt.fall.by.Christian.Lacroix.angelvancouver.com Desigual.Arnav.sweater.Lacroix.$144 Desigual.Digan.sweater.Lacroix.$189 Desigual.Cam.Ynice.Lacroix.$174 Desigual.Ukssa,dress.Lacroix.$134 Desigual.Posthuman.Lacroix.coat.44.$439 Desigual.Almu.top.Lacroix.$134 Desigual.Lacroix.purse.Dos.$154desigual.electric.love.coat.and.marilyn.topDesiguallogopaintAngel Vancouver specializes in clothing by Desigual, which is based in Barcelona.

Click here to see some new men’s coats and long-sleeved shirts for fall:

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of Desigual clothing in Vancouver for men, women and kids. Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection we still have in stock at our store.

Our 35 percent-off sale continues on select Desigual items to celebrate Angel’s 35th year in business.

Angel also specializes in custom hand-painted clothing.

carrall&powell.1886Angel 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 to the left shows what my store looked like in 1886.

Desigual’s slogan this season is La Vida es Chula (Life is Cool)!

La.Vida.es.Chula-2013

Gastown.Shophop.fall.2013Our video today is Vancouver singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan singing Angel (we like the title):

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What they are wearing on the streets of Paris fashion week 2013

Here are a few photos captured by WWD to show what people are wearing during Fashion Week in Paris:

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Angel Vancouver specializes in hand-painted clothing and we have Desigual for men, women and kids. Click here to have a look at some of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection, and click here to see the women’s shoes by Desigual. We ship worldwide.                                            Today’s video is a runway show that created a stir during Paris fashion week. Rick Owens used real-size dancers, many of them women of colour, to show off his latest collection, rather than the usual skinny white models:Here’s the toned-down version that Vogue ran on its website, eliminating the shouts of the models, which is verboten on runways:

Click here to read what the Wall Street Journal had to say about the impact the dancers had.

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