I don't often buy clothes because a) they're expensive and b) very little on the high street catches my interest, but I've noticed some cool (and affordable) clothes on Shein over the last few months, particular pink/light purple clothes for guys which can be difficult to find mainstream. Now I need to buy a sweater or two and I'm wondering where to go.

I'd never heard of Shein before, so I decided to look them up. Ah, they're a Chinese brand, okay, so does that explain the bucketload of hit pieces I found?

I'm finding shit telling me their brand of fast fashion is low quality, terrible for the environment, has questionable supply chains, etc. etc. etc. - now my question is, does anyone know if there's any validity to this? How do they stack up against western clothing brands, who likely have the same exact issues but charge $40 for a shirt?

  • Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Western clothing is fast fashion, usually coming from china. Here you’re just cutting the middle man, but the quality is still bad because it’s FASTER fashion. It’s so cheap because it’s on overdrive with the lowest quality material imaginable

    I recommend learning to use TaoBao and searching up reps of the stuff you want cause they tend to be higher quality than generic copycats sold for $5

    Alternative, Uniqlo is a decent brand with a good price:quality:fashion ratio.