I’ve shed many tears in Claire’s Accessories over the years (specifically, the Upper West Side one on 82nd and Broadway, and even more specifically, because my mom wouldn’t let me get a cartilage earring when I was 12), but nothing compares to the pain of knowing that this beloved haven for tweens with allowance money burning a hole in their pockets and a passion for trinkets is bankrupt, yet again.

While the majority of Claire’s locations in the United States and the rest of North America will remain open as the company “continues to explore all strategic alternatives,” according to a statement released on Wednesday, it’s hard not to feel like the writing is on the wall for this once-iconic chain, where so many of us got pierced for the first time by bored 19-year-olds with unsteady h

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