Fred Segal's Fashion Empire

September, 1977

First the good news: Chances are there will be some Fred Segal coming your way. Now the bad news: Unless you're in Southern California, it won't be the store. What's a Fred Segal, you ask? For starters, it's a his-and-hers fashion store in Los Angeles (with a branch in the Malibu Country Mart). But as fans across the country have known for years, the Fred Segal operation is unique in retailing. What makes it special is that Fred Segal is actually a group of nearly a dozen separate units (in such...