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Fred Segal, Retail Innovator, 87
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Fred Segal
A pioneer of the shop-in-shop concept, his ivy-covered store on Melrose became a place where celebrities and fashionistas mixed and mingled.
Fred Segal, the retail giant who helped shape the fashion and cultural landscape in Los Angeles by launching new designers and providing threads for A-list clientele like The Beatles, Diana Ross, The Jackson 5 and Angelina Jolie, has died. He was 87.
Segal died Thursday of complications from a stroke at Providence Saint John s Health Center in Santa Monica, a publicist announced.
He had suffered a stroke on Feb. 5, 2014, something he announced himself on a holiday card sent at year s end to friends and family with a message that life as we knew it would never be the same. But the enigmatic Segal showed off his personality and will to live by including a photo of himself wearing a hat, smoking a cigarette and raising a middle finger with the slogan, Stroke this.
By City News Service
Feb 27, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Fred Segal, the Los Angeles fashion icon whose West Hollywood store was a place to shop, socialize and be seen, has died, it was announced.
Segal died Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to his representatives. He was 87.
In 1961, Segal created a retail scene that helped personify the high- fashion but casual Los Angeles lifestyle, sparking a revolutionary shift in retail that lasted decades. As a pioneer of the shop-in-shop concept, his stores were both entertainment and a social event in themselves.
Segal s first namesake shop debuted as a designer denim emporium on Santa Monica Boulevard, growing into a cutting-edge outpost on Melrose Avenue for such then-up-and-coming lifestyle designer brands as Juicy Couture, Hard Candy, Earl Jeans and Kate Spade.
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Fred Segal, the iconic designer whose retail stores defined fashion in Los Angeles from the 1960s on, died Thursday at the age of 87.
Segal died due to complications from a stroke, multiple outlets reported. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. We are deeply saddened by the passing of our founder and original curator of cool, Fred Segal, who created a retail scene that continues to be the heart of LA pop culture. Fred Segal defined LA fashion and sparked a revolutionary shift in style with the first ever denim bar, Jeff Lotman, CEO and Owner of Fred Segal, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.
Fred Segal, pioneering Los Angeles fashion retailer, dies at 87
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