SHEIN clothing

I wish this was more widely known. Not just for this company but all who exploit their workers.

thanks for posting Maw.

They exploit their workers and their customers. Nothing good to say about them at all. Avoid.

I avoid fast fashion as much as possible.

There are many high end companies with almost as bad records for human rights, plastic, modern day slavery, and animal welfare issues.

@missAdventure - your point being……?

That shein are far from the only company.

So….?

I have always avoided them for the reasons you posted Maw.
It is so easy to be seduced by their adverts.

Esspee

I wish this was more widely known. Not just for this company but all who exploit their workers.

Thank you for that information, MawtheMerrier.

Meanwhile chancellor Scholz makes a trade visit to China !!!

This has been mentioned before and I believe someone's response was they didn't care as their clothes were cheap!

I understand that, as you would expect, the quality of the clothes is also very poor and they steal designs from other designers and pay no royalties.

DH and I are making a conscious effort to avoid buying goods made in China. Sometimes it is not clear untilafter you have bought the item, sometimes their is no alternative, but I hope we are making a small dent in China's exports - and the more people who do the same will bit by bit, affect their foreign income.

There are cases in china of business keeping employees on site 24/7.
Using covid restrictions as the reasoning
If people break out of the temporary compound Covid officers round them up
They still work, covid or not.

The problem with China is that their goods are very hard to avoid, as they're the biggest manufacturer in the world

How many of us have iPhones, iPads, or other Apple products - I can't find a definitive answer but it seems about 40% of their devices are made in China.

I have an iPhone and just flipped over my HP laptop to see that that too is made in China.

I wouldn't ever buy any Shein clothing. Poor quality hence the price and everything is so small.

I was trying to think how long ago it was when FB banned me when I was part of a campaign against these Chinese companies. Well actually, it’s one man who owns them all.
It must be 4 years. What’s happened since, they’ve grown.

I bought a dress from Shein and it was really thin and cheap looking. Never ever buying from them again now I know they exploit their staff.

MerylStreep

I was trying to think how long ago it was when FB banned me when I was part of a campaign against these Chinese companies. Well actually, it’s one man who owns them all.
It must be 4 years. What’s happened since, they’ve grown.

Good for you for trying.
But those of us who felt that way, have been swimming against the tide.

I nearly bought from them but their reviews were awful.

There is a undercover investigation called Inside the Shein Machine going out on Channel 4 Tues 8th Nov at 11.20pm. It will be on catchup if that's too late. It's for the current affairs strand Untold.

Apparently all our discarded fast clothes end up in Africa lying on the beaches. They are supposed to be recycled but are just too cheap and no use for anything.

Chestnut
I know for a fact that that situation has been going for at least 20 years. One of the first charities to start sending ( selling) clothes to Africa was Oxfam.
That was no surprise to me as I was warned about Oxfam 40 years ago by a lovely caring priest

Oxfam have been selling clothes to traders in various African countries to sell on and there is a large and thriving second hand clothing market in Africa.

When it was suggested that that it should be stopped and that Oxfam should just give the clothes to those who needed them, it was pointed out that secondhand clothing market provided employment for a lot of people and that many people preferred buying clothes secondhand to being given them free as getting clothes free smacked of abject poverty and they had to take what they were given.

If they now have more clothes than they can deal with, isn't that an indictment of our own wasteful and excessive clothes buying habits that have led to the rise of companies like Shein.

I volunteer in a small charity shop. There is only me sorting clothes. On average I bag ( rag) 200 kilos a week.