A stalwart of the Los Angeles retail scene has shuttered.

Fred Segal — the beloved, ivy-covered retail mecca on Melrose Avenue that birthed a chain of stores, helped set fashion trends and became a pop culture reference point in films like Clueless and Legally Blonde — closed its last two fashion locations in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, one in Malibu and the other on Sunset Boulevard. Fred Segal Home remains open in Culver City.

Los Angeles Times broke the news Tuesday, and published an interview with Jeff Lotman who has owned the business through his brand licensing firm Global Icons since 2019. Months later, a global pandemic set in, forcing Lotman to take on an active role in the day-to-day operations. “Everything just fell apart and then I sort of had to become a retailer, which is not what I planned to do,” Lotman told the paper, adding that the closure...