A Los Angeles retail landmark remembered

Design Inspiration
Written by AMY PIGLIACAMPO

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4 August 2024

β€œπ•Žπ•™π•–π•£π•–β€™π•€ π•žπ•ͺ π•¨π•™π•šπ•₯𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕀𝕀 π•€π•™π•šπ•£π•₯ π•—π•£π• π•ž 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕕 π•Šπ•–π•˜π•’π•? 𝕀π•₯’𝕀 π•žπ•ͺ π•žπ• π•€π•₯ 𝕔𝕒𝕑𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 π•π• π• π•œπ•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ 𝕠𝕦π•₯π•—π•šπ•₯!” - yet another retail icon bites the dust. Will always remember @laviniamirz taking me to lunch at @fredsegal my first time visiting LA 25 years ago.

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πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘†π‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘™, π‘Ž π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ πΏπ‘œπ‘  𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑑𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ β€˜60𝑠, π‘π‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‘π‘œ 𝑖𝑑𝑠 π‘‘π‘€π‘œ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘™π‘œπ‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘Šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ π»π‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘¦π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€π‘Žπ‘™π‘–π‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘› π‘‡π‘’π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦ β€” 𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘Žπ‘π‘˜ π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š 𝐢𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷.

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Los Angeles really got beat up thanx to aggressive restrictions post Covid. πŸ™πŸ»that others can survive and that my favorite city starts cleaning itself up soon, it’s a bit of a messπŸ’”.

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AMY PIGLIACAMPO
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