Five years ago, Alex and Ani was the hottest new jewelry store at Westfield Montgomery mall. Teens and young women were stacking their arms and gifting their friends with the company’s signature recycled metal charm bracelets. But the fad has faded, the bracelets have tarnished, and even Alex and Ani’s founder has moved on. The chain shuttered all its stores at the beginning of the pandemic. Some of them finally reopened several weeks ago, but this one didn’t make the cut.
