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To think Shein has upped it’s game

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Ikeasucks · 18/08/2025 11:20

Their stuff looks lovely (online on skinny models anyway) - have heard a few good things recently as i had written them off a few years ago. Anyone use them and happy with the product, quality, returns etc

i hate online clothes shop but the high street/town centers are dead in many places now so options are really limited often to just M&S, Next, H&M or Primark

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Auroraofthedawn · 18/08/2025 12:58

The snobbery and barely disguised racism on this thread is hilarious, god forbid the poors have clothes that aren’t from Boden or M&S 😂
They are too good for such things on this site OP

ThatNiftyLimeCat · 18/08/2025 12:41

BellaEllaWella · 18/08/2025 12:37

I judge people who buy from Shein and Temu

You say that like it means something 😅

MrsBungle · 18/08/2025 12:39

I’ve got loads of shein stuff. The quality is absolutely no worse than next!

Lafufufu · 18/08/2025 12:38

Its a no from me.
Their stuff is trash.

I buckled and bought a selection of farm rio knock offs and a few well reviewed dresses..

Everything ame smelled vile, looked vile and went in the bin.

Just garbage quality and that ignores how awful it is for UK economy/ environment / humans (the chemicals in those clothes!!!)

ChaiLarious · 18/08/2025 12:38

Letgoofmyblank · 18/08/2025 12:35

Dire ethics, dire quality. I’d absolutely judge anyone who bought that shite.

I'm sat here at work in my Shein/Tik Tok shop outfit (everything except the bra), drinking out of my Temu mug and glass and cooling myself down with my Temu desk top fan. Feel free to judge but please not, I give no fucks.

BellaEllaWella · 18/08/2025 12:37

I judge people who buy from Shein and Temu

ScanTheCan · 18/08/2025 12:36

I don’t like them normally, but I just bought an outfit for a gig and I’m astounded and how good it is tbh.

the problem is, I see a lot of retailers resell the exact same product for more.

ThatNiftyLimeCat · 18/08/2025 12:35

PowerfulFishRiver · 18/08/2025 12:33

Why would you assume that about anyone? I don't know anyone who has either of those things, so why would you just guess a stranger on the internet did??

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You don’t know anyone, not a single person, who has an iPhone? Sure 😆

Radiowaawaa · 18/08/2025 12:35

I wonder if wages and working conditions reflect this apparent higher standard?

Letgoofmyblank · 18/08/2025 12:35

Dire ethics, dire quality. I’d absolutely judge anyone who bought that shite.

ThatNiftyLimeCat · 18/08/2025 12:34

Well I love them. I buy a lot from there as I love fast fashion and I’ve never had any problems 🤷‍♀️

PowerfulFishRiver · 18/08/2025 12:33

hungrypanda4 · 18/08/2025 12:29

You probably typed this on an iPhone and drive a 4x4. Bit hypocritical.

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Why would you assume that about anyone? I don't know anyone who has either of those things, so why would you just guess a stranger on the internet did??

QPZM · 18/08/2025 12:32

Whenever the Shein ads used to come up on my FB feed, all I saw was AI models or outfits badly photoshopped onto models.

hungrypanda4 · 18/08/2025 12:29

Aethelredtheunsteady · 18/08/2025 11:32

They can churn out more than one million products a day. Think of the human and environmental costs to manage that across so many different designs.

You probably typed this on an iPhone and drive a 4x4. Bit hypocritical.

ElectronicRenaissance · 18/08/2025 12:24

Ikeasucks · 18/08/2025 11:20

Their stuff looks lovely (online on skinny models anyway) - have heard a few good things recently as i had written them off a few years ago. Anyone use them and happy with the product, quality, returns etc

i hate online clothes shop but the high street/town centers are dead in many places now so options are really limited often to just M&S, Next, H&M or Primark

One of the significant contributors to the "death of the High Street" is the proliferation of online shopping. So can't complain about no options when you're shopping online.

adlitem · 18/08/2025 11:49

It's one place I just will not shop. For so many reasons. Google the chemicals that's been found in their stuff. Literally toxic metals in their jewellery. Think about your health if you can look aside from the CSR stuff.

DashboardConfession · 18/08/2025 11:47

If you're going for online shops there are so many more options than Shein. On the high street no items are as cheap as these shitty apps full of crap from China - nor should they be. We don't have a right to £3 t shirts or £5 dresses.

Nothanksreally · 18/08/2025 11:47

Yeah it’s good but I don’t really understand their pricing, it shows something as cheap but when you add it to the basket it triples in price!

Annoyeddd · 18/08/2025 11:47

cheesycheesy · 18/08/2025 11:42

I’m in agreement with the environmental issues but most of the stuff we buy on the high street and online in the uk is crap from china. But at least buying stuff in the uk means helping the economy somewhat even if it’s mass produced shite marked up

Can get reasonably priced UK made stuff - seems more expensive but will last for ages

Annoyeddd · 18/08/2025 11:45

Still crap.
Someone somewhere may have bought an item that was half decent (probably a sample made for show) but still unethical.

Sparkletastic · 18/08/2025 11:43

Shein is shite

cheesycheesy · 18/08/2025 11:42

I’m in agreement with the environmental issues but most of the stuff we buy on the high street and online in the uk is crap from china. But at least buying stuff in the uk means helping the economy somewhat even if it’s mass produced shite marked up

allmycats · 18/08/2025 11:39

I work in a charity shop and we get so much of this crap in and people won’t buy it at £1 per item. A lot of the fabric seems to have some sort of coating on it. Did a burn 🔥 test on a dress and it burned with a massive flame and black smoke and the fabric was a sticky congealed mess, would have stuck to skin. It needs banning from importing to the UK

spoonbillstretford · 18/08/2025 11:34

DD2 orders some stuff from there. Quite apart from everything people have said upthread, delivery times are extremely unreliable. She ordered some stuff weeks before a concert and received it a couple of days after the event in the end. I wouldn't bother if time is of the essence.

PInkyStarfish · 18/08/2025 11:34

Cheap crap made of rags and assembled by slaves.