please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message fred segal industry lifestyle retail founded 1961 headquarters los angeles california u.s. daikanyama tokyo and yokohama japan number of locations 4 website fredsegal.com fred segal is a clothing and merchandise retail store founded in west hollywood california with its flagship store on melrose avenue in west hollywood . contents 1 history 1.1 expansion 2 references in popular culture 3 references 4 external links history edit over five decades ago fred segal opened a local jeans only store . this 300 square foot store grew over the years and with the expansion segal invited key managers to purchase and run select boutiques within their respective area of merchandising expertise within the fred segal center offering them to participate as franchisees under the fred segal brand . these franchisees brought in the style and merchandise that eventually know collectively as fred segal . there are currently two fred segal locations in the united states one in west hollywood on melrose avenue and the other at lax s thomas bradley international terminal . there are two international flagships in japan one in the daikanyama neighborhood of tokyo and the other in yokohama . in may 2012 the worldwide licensing rights to the brand were acquired by sandow a company with brands spanning the design fashion and beauty sectors . 1 expansion edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message in late 2012 sandow announced fred segal s aggressive expansion strategy to open new flagship locations both internationally and domestically launch fred segal s first ecommerce site and create private merchandise lines . in may 2014 sandow and fred segal announced the partnership with equity investor evolution media partners evolution a joint venture between evolution media capital emc an entertainment media and sports merchant bank formed in partnership with creative artists agency caa ; tpg growth the middle market and growth equity investment platform of global investment firm tpg ; and participant media the global entertainment company founded in 2004 by jeff skoll . references in popular culture edit in the 1987 movie maid to order ally sheedy s spoiled beverly hills brat character jessie montgomery mentions shopping at fred segal . in clueless cher asks her maid when trying to put together an outfit for her drivers license test lucy where s my white collarless shirt from fred segal it is in entourage episode 1 season 1 the pilot the first scene takes place in fred segal melrose . it is mentioned as a meeting point for stupid girls in the 2006 single by pink . in bret easton ellis s less than zero fred segal is mentioned several times . clay the protagonist thinks that all english boys he meets work at fred segal . in legally blonde elle woods played by reese witherspoon relates the following story to her new classmates at harvard oh two weeks ago i saw cameron diaz at fred segal and i talked her out of buying this truly heinous angora sweater . whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed in white oleander fred segal is one of the many hollywood stores that claire richards takes astrid magnussen to for clothing . in the game where neil strauss the author buys his first set of hip clothes . in the l word during a flashback alice sees dana in the fred segal cafe which she uses as evidence dana is gay as it is the biggest lezzy hangout in la . it s also mentioned while shane is doing work for veronica bloom ... fred segal haircut . in secrets of my hollywood life by jen calonita kaitlin burke a famous star claims that her favorite store is fred segal . in the closer chief brenda leigh johnson mentions that sergeant gabriel likes his suits from fred segal a fact which is noted by the medical examiner in a later episode . in cracker ass fantastic by dirt nasty he raps have you ever been to fred segal s in zoey deans books like the a list & talent in the o.c. season 3 episode 8 the game plan summer is looking at brown university and taylor says i hear the ivys often recruit from fred segal . in beverly hills 90210 season 1 episode 19 april is the cruelest month brenda finds donna shopping there . in the song ka blamo by the lonely island fred segal is mentioned in the lyrics you met fred segal at a debutante s ball 2 in the movie boiler room the character jim young played by ben affleck makes mention of his fred segal necktie while speaking to trainees about how to pitch stocks effectively on dawson s creek season 5 episode 23 audrey busy philipps tries to persuade joey katie holmes to go to los angeles saying there s always fred segal . she goes on to describe it as heaven on earth . references edit http www.wwd.com retail news specialty stores fred segals new deal 5889483 youtube external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fred segal & oldid 744509077 categories clothing retailers of the united statesrestaurants in los angelescompanies based in los angeles county californiadesign companies established in 1960retail companies established in 19601960 establishments in californiahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from may 2016articles needing additional references from may 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 18 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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