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sodoffbeforemycupofcoff · 2026-08-20T05:43:04+00:00

The whole point of shein is cheaper clothes with poorer quality. If we’re honest? I have gd a browse this morning at their woman’s winter clothes section and I have noticed the prices have massively increased. Why would that be?

Beer3000 · Yesterday 12:45

Wexone · 20/08/2026 21:34

Consumers are to blame..they are the ones who have driven the price of clothing down. its not happened over night its happened over the past 2 years people want new new all time. they waited for sales or discounts etc retailers saw this and started putting pressure on manufactures moved them over seas as it was cheaper started substituting for cheaper materials all to drive price down to feed consumer demand. that's why sizing is so shite its not one manufacture doing smae clothing all tendered out to who can do it cheapest
there are other options out there you just need to look for them do your research on manufacturing materials etc. I suggest andrea chong a good start she on insta and tik tok. then apply what learned when shopping both on store and second hand. shops are not going not going to change untill consumers do. there are government laws coming into play which is helping but untill consumers stop it won't happen

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Thanks, I tried to have a look, but I don't use Instagram. But - I don't think this has happened over the past 2 years. I remember people regularly buying absolute rubbish quality/fake clothing in markets 30 years ago.

I think the real issues started at least 10-15 years ago with the high street decline. There was suddenly a lot less choice, and the shops that were left started reducing standards significantly.

Places like M&S and Next, who used to be decent quality are now very variable, and no better than Primark, New Look, etc, who used to be lower end. Everyone is producing the lowest quality they can get away with. Even the people charging a premium. IMO, the issue is that the majority of people just don't have the spare cash to pay what M&S would have to charge for a better quality pair of jeans. And they have to buy new jeans - because the £30 pair they bought in spring have worn a hole in the crotch.

Most people are not buying wear-once items from Boohoo. And paying £120 instead of £30 for a 100% acrylic jumper made in Indonesia is not a superior position.

Wexone · Yesterday 12:49

PrincessDonutTheQueenAnneChonk · 20/08/2026 21:34

A lot of people patting themselves on the back for looking down on people using Shein when most of their clothing or phones would have involved slave labour at some point.

Some of us can't afford morals when it comes to clothes, people are struggling to feed their families and live their lives. It would be a lot harder to earn money if you didn't have clothing suitable for work.

Oh this is thrown out all the time. Shein as not created to provide clothing to people who are poor and on a budget.
People who buy from Shein are spending aprox 300e a month on clothing, they are not people who are poor or on a budget, they are people earning good money with disposable income and this who Shein is aimed at
People who are genially poor and on a budget, wear clothes to death repair when need and source clothing from charity shops vinted etc
Because they don't have bricks and mortar shops etc like Zara H&M Primark, the also dont have to comply with trading standards for what chemicals factory standards etc. So what your buying is also so dangerous for you. If your dressing your children in Shein clothing please please stop now

Wexone · Yesterday 13:00

Beer3000 · Yesterday 12:45

Thanks, I tried to have a look, but I don't use Instagram. But - I don't think this has happened over the past 2 years. I remember people regularly buying absolute rubbish quality/fake clothing in markets 30 years ago.

I think the real issues started at least 10-15 years ago with the high street decline. There was suddenly a lot less choice, and the shops that were left started reducing standards significantly.

Places like M&S and Next, who used to be decent quality are now very variable, and no better than Primark, New Look, etc, who used to be lower end. Everyone is producing the lowest quality they can get away with. Even the people charging a premium. IMO, the issue is that the majority of people just don't have the spare cash to pay what M&S would have to charge for a better quality pair of jeans. And they have to buy new jeans - because the £30 pair they bought in spring have worn a hole in the crotch.

Most people are not buying wear-once items from Boohoo. And paying £120 instead of £30 for a 100% acrylic jumper made in Indonesia is not a superior position.

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If you don't have Instagram , plenty on google tik tok facebook etc
Apologies i should have said 20 years not 2 years, it has started years ago but has accelerated since 2000 big time Shien and Temu are new
Places like M&s ect did have good quality but then new players came onto the market like zara like bohoo etc, consumers were moving to them and they decided instead of standing out they followed their same processes
Yes there are high end retailers also making poor quality nad this is something Andrea Chong does on her mindful Monday series, she goes into a shop, any shop from Primark to the designer ones and shows people the labels shows them the construction of sewing, hole buttons pockets how it fits etc, its eye opening and this is what we need to look at before price
Here is a book that she wrote too its very good
Why Don't I Have Anything to Wear?: Spend Less. Shop Smarter. Revolutionise Your Wardrobe: Amazon.co.uk: Cheong, Andrea: 9781788709156: Books
Bohoo is shocking , they have ruined all the labels they took over inclduing karen millen coast oasis etc
Watch this documentary to open your eyes on them
Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes: Channel 4 Dispatches

Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Have-Anything-Wear-Revolutionise/dp/1788709152?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-am-i-being-unreasonable-5568792-to-ask-why-shein-clothes-have-increased-in-price

Beer3000 · Yesterday 14:34

Wexone · Yesterday 13:00

If you don't have Instagram , plenty on google tik tok facebook etc
Apologies i should have said 20 years not 2 years, it has started years ago but has accelerated since 2000 big time Shien and Temu are new
Places like M&s ect did have good quality but then new players came onto the market like zara like bohoo etc, consumers were moving to them and they decided instead of standing out they followed their same processes
Yes there are high end retailers also making poor quality nad this is something Andrea Chong does on her mindful Monday series, she goes into a shop, any shop from Primark to the designer ones and shows people the labels shows them the construction of sewing, hole buttons pockets how it fits etc, its eye opening and this is what we need to look at before price
Here is a book that she wrote too its very good
Why Don't I Have Anything to Wear?: Spend Less. Shop Smarter. Revolutionise Your Wardrobe: Amazon.co.uk: Cheong, Andrea: 9781788709156: Books
Bohoo is shocking , they have ruined all the labels they took over inclduing karen millen coast oasis etc
Watch this documentary to open your eyes on them
Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes: Channel 4 Dispatches

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Thanks for that, I've actually just bought that book. Looking forward to reading it.

thefallenangelina · Yesterday 18:58

Shipping costs. It takes far longer to ship from China and Asia around the bottom of Africa than to cut into the Mediterranean via the Middle East. Plus fuel costs for shipping and for factory machinery and lighting and so on, and raw materials for synthetic fabrics, have rocketed.