Shein…do you use? Is it worth it?

Uyghur Muslims plight could have us boycotting anything to do with China, to be fair.

I’d recommend watching ‘Buy Now: the shopping conspiracy’ on Netflix. It had how much Shein produces compared to other clothing retailers. Also showed how a lot of clothing just ends up dumped in Ghana on the beaches as they can’t cope with the sheer volume of it all. Was really depressing.

To all those using Shein, have you not heard of the Uyghur Muslims? Have you been living under a rock or don't you care?

How would you feel if it was your kids working in these conditions?

But you don’t witness it first hand so who cares right? Who cares about children and other people being literal slaves when you get your cheap holiday clothes.

Save up. Buy less. Price isn’t an excuse, I’m minimum wage and work in retail. Over consumption is dreadful, we get online returns that hasn’t even been taken out of the packaging.

Little children working in cotton mills in Lancashire and up chimneys in London = shameful stain on our history that we look back at with horror

Little children working in Chinese clothes factories = fine, because if you measure yourself carefully you can get some great bargains.

And also think about the chemicals in the clothing. Many of them are banned in Europe so no European store would get away by selling them whereas when you get it from China directly there is no legislation in place to protect you.

I don't. It's not obligatory 🙄and it's not hard to make more ethical choices if you give even a tiny shit

I was going to just lurk, but I need to comment. It's appaling the amount of people who think thousands of options, dispose after two wears and refunds without even returning is a good thing. Shein is abhorrent. We don't need large volumes of clothes, we don't need disposable clothes, we don't need to put ourselves above others on the planet.

There's no ethical consumption under capitalism

This is such a fucking copout. We have to consume to a certain extent but we can at least make an effort to ensure we do as little harm as possible.

Obv you don’t use Amazon then.

Questionable?

Building a business on the backs of child slaves is a bit more than questionable.

But as long as you get to feel good about yourself!

I buy stuff from Shein. In regards to the clothes I have gotten some nice things. I use a inch tape to measure myself and check the size guide on each item before I buy it. If a top has a seem at the back I go up a size just for comfort. In regards to tee shirt just check what material they are made from as some of them are very clingy.
Shein also have nice scarves and accessories like jewellery as well. They have some gold and silver jewellery as well.

I have a friend at the moment who is losing weight but she needed some summer clothes. She got some trousers from Shein curve section and was happy with the sizing. She got a few kimono's and shirts as well. She will buy a few tee shirts from local shops because she prefers cotton tee shirts. She wants a few new things to look well as she loses weight. She is also on benefits.

They have such a huge selection of plus sized clothes. It's really refreshing to go on a site and have thousands of size 18 options.

I have several dresses that are 3 years old and they still look the same as when I got them.
The quality is no different to things I have purchased in Primark and other cheaper high street stores.

Also returns are easy and I have been refunded within a couple of days.

I am a size 18 and I get a 1xl as I prefer things on the looser side.

The sandals are also good and have seen me through several summers.

I have also purchased some gorgeous mugs, a tablecloth and other home bits.

Yes, the ethics of the company are questionable, but it is hypocritical and ignorant to say Asos or Primark or H&M would be better options.

Unfortunately body size and finances mean not everyone has loads of options to feel good about themselves.

There's no ethical consumption under capitalism and I don't believe Shein is worse than other stores within my price point.

I do try to thrift and I buy a fair amount on Ebay, but I also love the bits I have got from Shein.

Read the reviews and pay attention to the size charts and you’ll be grand. I have bought loads of stuff from Shein and Temu, never have an issue returning any of it.
Just recently I bought two suit outfits for our production of Legally Blonde and so far they’ve held up really really well.
In fact I have one blouse that I bought for a different show 3 years ago and I will be wearing it this time around and there’s no bobbling or anything.

This is absolutely true. There are enough clothes on the planet now to comfortably clothe the next 6 generations.

So many people are happy to do just that. They don’t care. And then make blanket sweeping statements about all other retailers being the same and how only shein out of every retailer on thr planet has clothes they’d consider wearing.

add me to the “disgusting” camp.

Do you enjoy wearing clothes made by underpaid 5 year olds in sweat shops?

I was at our annual village car boot this morning. Stall upon stall with boxes and boxes of clothes. Literally tons of unwanted clothing in one small village, all destined for landfill. We could stop making clothes now and still have enough to keep people going in a hundred years.

I'm really sad that people in this day and age think it is ok to buy from a company that is well known for using forced labour. Like, literal slaves. Slave adults and children. I get times are hard, and cheap options are tempting, but vinted, charity shops, and even primark or supermarket clothes are better than using companies such as Shein. Please think of those poor people being forced to work in unimaginable conditions, just so you can indulge in fast fashion.

No because it’s Chinese shite.

I mean, if you are happy to support slave labour and destroy the environment, go ahead

I love it. They do some decent joggers and t-shirts. As long as you don't mind sweaty polyester! The sizes come up quite small though. I wear a small in their stuff in bottoms but medium in tops even though I'm quite skinny.
I don't just wear them a few times and chuck them away. Even though it's cheap I still get plenty of wear out of the clothes.

If I was a multimillionaire I probably wouldn't buy from them. But I'm sure some of the more upmarket retailers just use the exact same factory anyway?

Yes use it all the time, quality is not amazing for everything, never returned anything

I would never even entertain looking at their site.

Clothes made by children and prisoners in labour camps? Nah. We need to do better.