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Save up to 50% on Desigual for men for Father’s Day

Angel some great men’s shirts, T-shirts, blazers and pants on sale at 50% off for Father’s Day. We have a whole rack of discounted items from last fall and summer to choose from. Angel is also offering 10% off all … Continue reading

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Angel is giving away five free movie passes to The Hunger Games” Mockingjay Part 2

Angel is offering five free double movie passes for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 to our customers. All you have to do is shop at Angel and give the three-finger salute between now and Nov. 17 for a chance … Continue reading

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Canada’s new Prime Minister wore an Angel shirt as a kid

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister, wore a handpainted Angel shirt as a child, as did his two younger brothers. The shirts were bought for the kids by Robert Gerow, who was a friend of Justin’s mother, whose maiden … Continue reading

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New arrivals: Desigual dresses for spring-summer 2015 at Angel

Angel has just received a new shipment of Desigual dresses, skirts and tops from the Spring-Summer 2015 collection. Angel is an official Desigual retail outlet and has the largest selection of the Barcelona-based brand on the West Coast of Canada. … Continue reading

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Happy Robbie Burns Day!

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 … Continue reading

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Todd Rundgren is a Desigual fan

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 … Continue reading

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Christian Lacroix coats on sale this week

This 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. Also on sale is this coat  designed … 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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New Desigual skirts, tops, dresses and scarves at Angel Vancouver

We just received a new shipment last week of Desigual’s spring/summer 2013 collection. Here are a few of the new skirts, a new top designed by Christian Lacroix (left), and some dresses, including a new one inspired by Cirque du … Continue reading

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Dakota Fanning has a hand-painted Angel shirt with her horse on it

I painted Dakota Fanning a T-shirt with her horse on it when she was 11 years old. Here’s the thank-you letter she wrote to me: “Dear Jackie. Thank you so much for making the fantastic shirt. I love that you … Continue reading

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