Fred Segal is an American clothing and accessories

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brand founded in 1961. In 2024 the brand announced it would close its online store and most of its physical retail stores.

Stores

There were six Fred Segal locations in the United States as of 2023. The main store was located on

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in West Hollywood, with others in Malibu,

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, Larkspur and

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. Fred Segal has other international location included three flagship stores in Daikanyama, Yokohama, and Kobe, Japan, one flagship store in Taipei, Taiwan and one at Galleria Department Store in

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, South Korea .

History

Over five decades ago, Fred Segal opened a local

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-only store, called Pants America. This 300-square-foot store grew over the years, and with the move to

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in 1961, the name was changed to Fred Segal. By buying up property after property, it grew into 29,000-square-foot, 102-parking-spot retail center. Segal invited key managers to purchase and run select boutiques within their respective area of merchandising expertise within the Fred Segal center. In May 2012, the worldwide

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rights were acquired by

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; however, that transaction did not include the two retail centers at 8100 Melrose Avenue, which the family had sold more than a decade earlier, and the Santa Monica center, which closed in 2016. In late 2012, Sandow announced Fred Segal's expansion strategy to open new flagship locations, both internationally and domestically, launch Fred Segal's first

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site, and create private merchandise lines. Under Sandow’s ownership, a 2,000-square-foot Fred Segal store opened in the renovated Tom Bradley International Terminal at

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in 2013. In September 2017, Fred Segal opened their

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on the corner of

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and La Cienega in

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, California. In March 2019, Fred Segal was bought by Global Icons.

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and

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, will maintain a minority stake. The Segal family owns the Fred Segal trademark, with Global Icons licensing the trademark. Fred Segal opened its store in Malibu in April 2019. On February 25, 2021, the founder of the eponymous brand died from complications from a stroke at age 87. In early 2024, a sublicense was issued for a 4,000-square-foot Fred Segal Home furniture and accessories showroom at the HD Buttercup Design Center in

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. By July 2024, Fred Segal closed the last two of its five California stores – on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica; at The Shops at

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in Studio City; at the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur; Malibu; and the flagship on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood – leaving only one retail outpost operating at Resorts World in Las Vegas, which would later close its doors in December 2024. The brand's online store was also shut down in July 2024.Hali Mecklin (31 July 2024)
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References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.fredsegal.com Clothing retailers of the United States Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Retail companies established in 1961 1961 establishments in California 1960s fashion 1970s fashion