Anonymous #1 54w

the shein stuff will tear long before burlington

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Anonymous #2 54w

Enjoy your child labor and heavy metals

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Anonymous #4 54w

not true for me, they tear around the same time. sometimes the burlington clothing tears sooner. literally i tried to take the tag off a burlington shirt bc it was uncomfortable, and it ripped! never had that issue with shein clothing. if i had the money and options to shop at other places i would. but i cant afford to buy $20 shirts. i’m a college student with no job, my parents don’t make that much money but they dont want me to have loans so majority of their money is going to college

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Anonymous #3 54w

and DHGATE

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Anonymous #11 54w

thank goodness I just stick to buying cheap fifty cent clothing with heavy metals that tear after two washes and was stitched together by children in a sweatshop

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Anonymous #12 54w

idk what you point is. all i’m saying is if we want to talk about how bad shein is then we need to talk about how bad every other company is

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Anonymous #11 54w

SHEIN, temu, loriel, half the make up industry, who else?

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Anonymous #11 54w

all branded companies are bad, shein is worse given that it’s selling point is overconsumption of nearly-single use products poorly made. Not just clothes but an assortment of accessories. At least for the brands you’ve listed they’ve shown to last far longer than anything on shein.

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Anonymous #12 54w

i beg to differ. i have a crew neck from shein and it’s held up better than any old navy or ae crew neck i have. all companies push overconsumption and i agree it’s disgusting

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Anonymous #7 54w

not to mention some of the makeup is tested on animals

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Anonymous #4 54w

I bought a couple pairs of clothes when shein blew up back in 2020 and still have/wear them now. They’ve even outlasted some of the expensive “high quality” clothes I’ve bought

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Anonymous #14 54w

literally, my shein pants i still wear them regularly whereas some other expensive pants have the back pockets where i keep my phone all teared up after a year

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Anonymous #17 54w

I almost reenrolled to 3rd grade trying to read this but did u say what u see isn’t always the end? Lol

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Anonymous #7 54w

I think the joke is shein “(she) isn’t always the (in)”

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Anonymous #3 54w

Honestly if you can afford to shop secondhand and they carry your size, and you still choose shein, ttshop or aliexpress or even amazon clothing, I’m absolutely judging. That goes double if you don’t actually need new stuff and don’t wear what you already have.

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Anonymous #6 54w

Do you not know how to shop sales?

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Anonymous #9 54w

Do you like… never check out the clearance section?

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Anonymous #12 54w

Yeah and most of the time it’s XXL tops and when I’m a size small that just isn’t gonna work for me. Also even if they have your size, clearance sections are still usually not as affordable as fast fashion. Sorry if ur XXL and the clearance works for u… for me personally it doesn’t

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Anonymous #9 54w

I’m a medium and have always found clothing items in my size in clearance. In instances I don’t, I’ll just go to Walmart or something to buy what I’m looking for. I’ve never had to drop 30 on a single tank top that’s just ridiculous.

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Anonymous #12 54w

Well in my personal experience it’s rare for me to find clothes that I like that are affordable and fit a size small! Glad that u can find clothes u like in ur size❤️

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Anonymous #9 54w

Most clearance sections in the stores I shop at are all XXS and XS. Check out aerie, American eagle, Hollister, H&M, target. Literally any young adult store lol.

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Anonymous #21 54w

Those aren’t my size either so yeah once again that wouldn’t work for me. Like I said, clearance only has two extremes. Typically XXL or in some cases XXS which both are not my size! So once again, in my personal experience I rarely find clothes that fit MY SIZE in the clearance!!

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Anonymous #13 54w

The Plato’s where I live is horrible. I lowkey live in the ghetto and workers style is wack so they only buy the ugliest worn out clothes, mostly from shein and fashion nova 😭

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Anonymous #9 54w

That’s fair. I wear medium which is usually the first size to sell out lol. But again, it just takes some searching and you can almost always find something cute in your size.

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Anonymous #21 54w

Yeah I can def find something on occasion and I’m not saying I’m like IN NEED of clothes bc then ofc I could go to Walmart. Just saying nowadays it’s so hard to find cute affordable clothes that I feel good in

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Anonymous #21 54w

by the time a shirt i like goes on sale, it’s sold out of my size and also a sale price is almost never over 25% off

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Anonymous #6 54w

you can get that tank top for the same price at target or walmart. those stores are bad too but nowhere near as bad as shein

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Anonymous #7 54w

Yes. And it’s found to have incredible amounts of heavy metals harmful to ppl :(

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Anonymous #8 54w

Exactly! Quality > quantity

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Anonymous #5 54w

yes because target and Walmart and H&M and forever 21 and Zara and UO and (insert) (insert) (insert) (insert) TOTALLY don’t use heavy metals or child labor!!! it’s ONLY shein!!!

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Anonymous #23 54w

so does every. other. company. under this capitalist society so you’re really not winning by avoiding shein :(

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Anonymous #21 54w

to these people, good looking clothes doesn’t matter. can’t you see that? they don’t care how ugly you feel. they don’t care how ugly you look. as long as you NEVER dare to buy from an affordable company, they don’t care.

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uh, okay babygirl glad you got that out of your chest

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Anonymous #25 54w

Yup yup yup exactly

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Anonymous #25 54w

They all use child labor but no, all companies do not have a fuckton of heavy metals consistently like SHEIN does. There are levels to things.

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Anonymous #26 54w

How do metals in clothes affect someone’s health? I’m genuinely asking because I’ve never heard this so id like to know health risks

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Anonymous #26 54w

yes because those companies TOTALLY source their materials WAYYY more ethically than shein!!!! the CEOs are just soooo ethical and sweet!!!!! 🥹

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Anonymous #25 54w

Go to goodwill bro I got like 3 nice pairs of jeans for $20 last week there.

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Anonymous #26 54w

yeah so i do try that regularly ! it doesn’t help when everything at the thrift is an XXXXL and you’re not obese.

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Anonymous #9 54w

long story short: your skin is much more absorbent than you’d think

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Anonymous #9 54w

Metals such as lead (which the shein clothes tested positive for) are absorbed by the body. If the body absorbs an unhealthy amount it’ll lead to temporary to long term problems which include debilitating joint issues, emotional problems (mood disorders), and reproductive harm to name a few.

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Anonymous #25 54w

Girl you are wayyy too bent about this. Some of us are broke asf but I’ll be damned to bend the knee and buy lead positive clothing.

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Anonymous #12 54w

Ohh I see, how often would someone have to wear shein clothes to genuinely be affected by it?

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Anonymous #9 54w

I’m no doctor, so I would have to just give the “everyone’s body has a limit” response. I would be VERY careful wearing their clothes or using their products on a daily.

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Anonymous #12 54w

LMFAO @ that. baby, if you’ve shopped at target, you got lead in your clothes. if you’ve shopped at VS, you got lead in your clothes. if you’ve shopped at Pac Sun, you got lead in your clothes. if you’ve shopped at Nordstrom, you got lead in your clothes. if you’ve shopped at Macy’s, you got lead in your clothes.

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Anonymous #12 54w

you….you do realize our makeup has lead in it right? and our food has chemicals that cause irreversible damage, as well? do you avoid Fenty Beauty and Glossier like it’s the plague? do you treat hot chips with the same intensity you treat shein?

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Anonymous #25 54w

My wardrobe largely consists of secondhand and Walmart babes. Secondly I would like to see where exactly are you seeing the brands you’ve listed testing positive for lead.

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Anonymous #25 54w

I don’t wear makeup either. I think it’s crazy you’re going out of your way to heavily defend buying at shein this hard.

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Anonymous #12 54w

do you GENUINELY believe Walmart DOESNT use lead 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Anonymous #12 54w

i’m taking maybe four minutes out of my day. and i’m defending poor people who are getting shit on for buying a new pair of work jeans or a modest blouse for a job interview.

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Anonymous #25 54w

there are other ways you can get clothes babygirl, it doesn’t have to be through an unregulated Chinese sweatshop app. American companies will likely have chemical traces, but at such a low level that the risk is minimal and compliant with regulations. Chinese companies dont inherently stick to those regulations (for glaringly obvious reasons) which is why people are very vocal against purchasing from Shein (along with the low prices that scream unpaid child labor and wasteful overconsumption).

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Anonymous #25 54w

I mean yes but it’s significantly less likely because the fact is that SHEIN interacts differently with US regulatory structures bc it’s shipped directly from China, unlike the other companies you mentioned. Of course they’re evil too but there are levels to things and there’s nothing wrong with saying dropping SHEIN is harm reduction. It’s really odd that you’re going to bat so hard for a giant company that uses Uyghur concentration camp labor.

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Anonymous #25 54w

Be so serious girl we both know thrift stores have sizes other than “xxxxxl” or whatever. This is real life. You’re just finding reasons to defend fast fashion atp.

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Anonymous #26 54w

Girlypop probably beelined to the plus size section and called it quits the one time she actually did step foot in a thrift.

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Anonymous #12 54w

I think this person just likes stuff of SHEIN and wants to feel morally justified in it tbh. 90% sure it’s the same one person going to bat for SHEIN for no clear reason in the same aggressive tone. Ironically using the excuse that thrift stores allegedly have NO plus sized clothing lmao.

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Anonymous #12 54w

People like this hear “no ethical consumption under capitalism” and then use it as an excuse to be a capitalist shill it’s wild.

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Anonymous #26 54w

This is the effect of consumerism at its finest, it’s like an addiction to some.

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Anonymous #26 54w

Erm no all the people defending shein are the same people .. u actually can’t post with a different number than the one you got so that was just dumb to say

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Anonymous #9 54w

Oh no I’m talking about the quote post of this. Not saying all the people on here were one person.

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Anonymous #26 54w

There’s a #24 on that one with a really similar/aggressive tone to #25 here. My comment fs didn’t make that clear

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Anonymous #26 54w

Oh my god it has to be. I just saw the post and it is eerily similar in tone. There’s a comment on this thread done by 25 where she puts a space before using an exclamation mark, similar to how 24 on the quote post puts spaces on theirs.

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Anonymous #20 54w

bye i’m not buying secondhand only to get home and not like it and then i can’t return it?? then those clothes go to waste anyway

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Anonymous #29 54w

try it on ??

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Anonymous #29 54w

or if u don’t like it just sell it lol

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Anonymous #13 54w

and what if there’s no fitting rooms?? because goodwill is getting rid of theirs, at least in my state

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Anonymous #30 54w

goodwill? plato’s closet? depop? poshmark? yall are just irritating atp

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Anonymous #13 54w

honestly yall are for being social justice warriors like let’s bffr, everything’s the same unless your clothes are handmade from your grandma or something

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Anonymous #13 54w

people raise the prices on depop and poshmark by a fuck ton more than they should and i’ve tried thrifting there’s nothing good at thrift stores near me and if there is then it doesn’t fit… so i’m back at shein

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Anonymous #30 54w

real tho, i live in the middle of no where, the only clothes in thrift stores are from someone’s granny down the street or children’s clothes that they out grew lmao

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Anonymous #31 54w

exactly

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Anonymous #30 54w

target. walmart. stores like aerie have sales all the time. if you really can’t find a shirt for under $30 on depop then you’re either lying or being way too picky. and please cut the crap with “other stores are just as bad” because shein is astronomically worse than pretty much any other company, y’all just want an excuse to buy mountains of trendy clothes every month

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Anonymous #22 54w

ok so at the end of they day it’s MY money and imma spend it however tf i want. if i stopped shopping at shein, thousands of ppl still would-which doesn’t change anything. i’d rather pay for my nice car, COLLEGE, and a house then overpay on expensive clothes. i want to look cute and still be able to afford necessities. get over it

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Anonymous #22 54w

genuinely what’s wrong with that when people are donating back to goodwill when they don’t want it because the clothes are gonna get made any fucking way so??

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Anonymous #22 54w

i don’t have a target in my college town so no i cannot go to target and let’s be honest most of walmarts clothes are not cute. sorry i don’t always trust depop so yea i can’t find shirts that i like. i never said other stores are bad i just can’t afford them. i don’t buy shein every month for just trends i buy basics and things i know i will rewear from shein brands that i know are good quality. so unless you want to fund my shopping at other stores then stfu.

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Anonymous #6 54w

oh my god you guys are so lacking in critical thinking it’s actually scary. you can “look cute” in the clothes you ALREADY own. you do not need to buy new tops every month just because theres some new trend.

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Anonymous #12 54w

i still have clothes from shein i bought yearsss ago. maybe you were just shopping the wrong sections/materials

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Anonymous #25 54w

on top of that, these ppl don’t think about unusual circumstances. i had to buy all new clothes before going to college bc of my home life. the goodwill near me doesn’t carry much in my size, the burlington near me was too expensive, target doesn’t carry my size, and pretty much no where near me actually carries much in my size 😭 all the online plus size stores like torrid and rainbow are way too expensive. shein literally was my only option.

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Anonymous #1 54w

I’m pretty sure the majority of us are pretty aware of outlying circumstances where you’ve exhausted all possible places to look. This post calls out the craze, ie the pointless overconsumption, the need to follow the newest trend, the wardrobe overhaul. A lot of that is done mindlessly. If you *genuinely* struggle with finding clothing in your size and shein is your *only* option just shop mindfully. And be careful with what you wear too, given the findings of lead on their products.

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Anonymous #12 54w

This! The post was pretty clearly about overconsumption, but people are assuming it’s talking about things it’s not and/or bean souping it.

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Anonymous #1 54w

It’s not that we don’t think about it. If it’s a last resort that’s fine! But by definition unusual circumstances don’t apply in most cases, and the fact is that generally speaking people who are buying regularly from SHEIN or overconsuming aren’t in the same situation as you and have other options.

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Anonymous #20 54w

lol the shit at thrift stores are ugly af and why would I pay more to get something secondhand? Like I’m sorry I don’t want to pay $25 for a rundown ugly sweater that’s already starting to fall apart

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Anonymous #5 54w

where do you shop?? and don’t say you ONLY thrift bc everyone that says that is lying out their ass. what brands do you buy? i guarantee at least one of those has child labor behind it.

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Anonymous #21 54w

What’s the problem with shein if you buy with intend to use the clothes long term? I have clothes from shein from years ago that I still wear now

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Anonymous #33 54w

the issue is ethics (it is a problem in many big corporations, but shein takes it to a new level), environmental harm, overconsumption (cheap, low quality clothing and products), health risk (heavy metals)…

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Anonymous #22 54w

this was under another post in response to someone who ho said something similar as you and it can be applied here as well. don’t scream critical thinking and then lack the reading comprehension to know when ur not using said skills… ur running with a narrative regardless of others perspectives which is the definition of not using critical thinking. get over yourself.

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Anonymous #33 54w

Idk bc I do the same thing so I don’t get the fuss

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