Is looking stylish really worth it to support companies like this though?I don’t think its fair to attack people who buy from Shein, as for many it’s all they can afford if they want to look stylish on a budget. Same goes for Primark. In an ideal world we’d all buy from ethical brands and charity shops but ethical brands tend to be very expensIve and unless you live in an affluent area charity shops are crap.
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I don’t think its fair to attack people who buy from Shein, as for many it’s all they can afford if they want to look stylish on a budget. Same goes for Primark. In an ideal world we’d all buy from ethical brands and charity shops but ethical brands tend to be very expensIve and unless you live in an affluent area charity shops are crap.
Shein actually do commission their own clothing, and have things very quickly produced in small quantities (batches of a few hundred) to see if they sell well. They also produce 20x as many new items and styles as all other clothing brands, leading to a lot more waste.If you're buying only second hand/charity shop/sustainable clothing then very well done and fair enough, point taken. Thing is, most people that criticise SHEIN are the ones that buy from ASOS and H&M thinking that's somehow better? Like..?? It's the same. As in the exact same items, from either the same factory or the same sort of factory except 5x the price.
Also, SHEIN is just a Chinese wholesaler that now sells direct. Yes they list thousands of products per week but (correct me if I'm wrong) the brand isn't commissioning these items themselves, it's just the same Chinese tat that's been in circulation for yonks and people happily buy from eBay, Amazon, and everywhere else (again for 5x the price). People simply don't want to criticise the Chinese manufacturing industry as a whole because they know the high street retailers they buy from fall into that bracket. SHEIN could disappear tomorrow and the problem would still be the same, so unless you're buying sustainable or designer then you should really shop from there instead and save yourself a bit of dollar tbh.
Isn't the point of the small runs that if it doesn't sell they don't order any more so they don't have as much waste as say boohoo ordering 10,000 of a dress that never sells?Shein actually do commission their own clothing, and have things very quickly produced in small quantities (batches of a few hundred) to see if they sell well. They also produce 20x as many new items and styles as all other clothing brands, leading to a lot more waste.
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In theory, however the problem is a lot of this excess stock goes to waste, and results in them producing significantly more excess textiles than other fast fashion companies. A lot more of their stuff goes straight to landfill.Isn't the point of the small runs that if it doesn't sell they don't order any more so they don't have as much waste as say boohoo ordering 10,000 of a dress that never sells?
I disagree. The quality is no worse than a lot of high street retailers.Honestly, you get what you pay for, poor quality, doesn’t last, lose shape, doesn’t wash well, not always nice material, threading comes away, just some of the things I’ve experienced. Why don’t you have a look on vinted for some better quality bits.
I have dresses from shein that cost £15 and dresses from M&S that cost £40 and there is hardly any difference!When I was growing up, my mum was a single parent and we had no money. I mean I had my school uniform, bought with the DSS grant, some trousers and jumpers that was it. My clothes were either christmas gifts or hand me downs from family and friends.
It's mortifying to know you're so poor you can't buy new clothes. I'm NEVER buying second hand clothes. No matter how much you wash them, they'll always have that smell.
My contribution towards saving the planet is not having kids. So I'll continue to buy clothes from Shein and Primark.
As people have said, I usually buy a size up.
Marks and Spencer are the shop were you pay more but the quality is no longer there.
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