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Does anyone still buy their jewelry?

I remember the line being pretty popular a few years ago. 

 

I received an email announcing the 2022 Snowflake Charm Bangle. I love snowflake jewelry and I've been collecting the Snowflake bangles every year since 2016. 

 

I was recently in my favorite local jewelry store. It's a rather small store, but they always had a HUGE area devoted to the Alex & Ani line. Now they only have a few selections. I asked what happened and was told that the line was no longer selling.

 

 

 

 

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My experience was that the bangles quickly tarnished and discolored badly. No amount of cleaning could restore them. Glad I only bought two of them. 

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@lmt - I still have mine and I still wear them! The store near us closed, and stores that carried the line went out.

 

 

 

 I also got the email, and it's tempting! I have the first Black Friday snowflake they did. It was similar to the regular snowflake, but has a surrounding sparkly band. It's dated; I think all of the snowflakes are.

 

 

 

This is another line DD got me into! She was in high school, and gave me the "mom" bangle. 

 

 

I haven't had any lose their color at all, but I do clean them with the cloths meant for them.  Smiley Happy

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I think this brand has had it's heyday.  It actually started in my state of RI and while I believe it still exists I don't know if she (the creator) is still involved or not.   She also owns a vineyard here and one of the Newport mansions which has been undergoing major renovations the past couple of years.   I haven't followed her situation closely but she may be having financial problems??    Anyway, it was quite a popular brand for awhile but again, it was just a trend.

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@lmt wrote:

Does anyone still buy their jewelry?

I remember the line being pretty popular a few years ago. 

 

I received an email announcing the 2022 Snowflake Charm Bangle. I love snowflake jewelry and I've been collecting the Snowflake bangles every year since 2016. 

 

I was recently in my favorite local jewelry store. It's a rather small store, but they always had a HUGE area devoted to the Alex & Ani line. Now they only have a few selections. I asked what happened and was told that the line was no longer selling.

 

 

 

 


@lmt 

 

Selling vintage & contemporary jewelry the bracelets were much more popular a few years ago.  Now it appears there is little to no resale market. 

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@chrystaltree    Thanks for posting the article.

 

I had no idea the they were having financial trouble, or that the owner had left the company.