Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy — again.
Sunday’s filing marked the brand’s second bankruptcy, as it previously filed in 2019. The company, which is expected to shut down all of its US stores unless it finds a buyer, pointed to competitors such as Shein and Temu as part of its reason for closing.
I was a frequent flyer at Forever 21 in my late teens and early 20s during its heyday, but I’m 30 now and haven’t shopped there in years.
In light of the bankruptcy news, I revisited Forever 21 to see what happened.
I visited Forever 21 after it filed for bankruptcy
Only two Forever 21s are left in Manhattan — my former go-to location at Union Square shuttered a few years ago — so I visited the 34th Street Herald…