F21 OpCo, LLC, the company and licensee of the brand in the U.S., filed a Chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Although stores will remain open for now, Forever 21, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, said it will hold liquidation sales at its U.S. stores.

As a millennial adult who was once a bratty teenager, I have not-so-fond memories of being a heinous little bitch to my long-suffering mother in a variety of now-closed retailers, from Party City to Bed Bath and Beyond.