shein somehow managed to get worse...

shein is officially fashion's biggest polluter

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[joylisawall]

I personally refuse to purchase it. Never have, never will.

[DB_]

I have never shopped with them - and I never ever will. Also, this past month I’ve been seeing all sorts of creators on Instagram saying their art has been stolen by them. They are the top for thievery and cheap garbage.

[lnsjourney]

As someone who works in data, it pisses me off SO much to see these companies using data points completely out of context to give the impression of doing something good, shifting the responsibility onto the audience to be educated or smart enough to read through the BS and realize that those numbers mean nothing. It is the role of data experts to provide context to data, and the responsibility of businesses to do better - if they feel the urge to lie, it is because they need to fix what they're doing. Really appreciate you shedding some light on this Shawna!

[stephaniejohnson]

I just know there’s someone working in the data team at shein who despises their practice and works there to expose and fight the good fight. More power to them!

[FrogOnWiFi]

It being 30c outside in late September just depresses me. (I'm a winter girl)
It feels like no amount of minimalism, ethical shopping or reusables I have will make a difference against giants who don't care like Shein and Pepsi. 💔

[heavenj]

You mentioned H&M ugh 😩 I use to love them! Yes they’re fast fashion but for the lower budget I had the things I bought from there? I still have 15 yrs later! Back in the day it was not as much poly!!
Now? They use soooo many synthetic fibers I order something once and it came and it was so thick and itchy and gross nothing like the pic!! They called it “jersey” I ONLY buy knot wear of natural fibers from them, but they tricked me with the jersey 😢😢

[amandak.]

i understand it's pessimistic to not expect better from brands, but if i'm being realistic, a brand whose only draw is cheap products is unlikely to do anything that would increase prices. i feel like it's a better option to convince consumers that polyester isn't worth buying and to romanticise rewearing clothing

[valeriemalenfant]

I dont want to be a betty downer but recycle paper is still rare and not good quality my husband worked in the wood industry and now in the publishing industry and "paper" is a big topic in his business and to create a good quality paper with recycle paper is nearly impossible unless it contained a really low pourcentage (like less then 10%) Findland have the best "recycle paper" but the machinery cost a lot and still the pourcentage is less then 50%. *(I dont know the exact % but they still need the majority of the paper to contained wood pulpe) Anyway packaging is problematic and if a business is saying they are using "recycle paper" it might be true but dont be fool and dont justified your purchased or do not have good conscience because you are buying stuff from a company that using less then 5% of recycle paper for packaging.

[dylanmagoiofthethalasso]

A multi-billion company can afford to work faster to become more eco-friendly, people need to stop coddling these businesses. It is wild that the CEO is proud of that..like is he being sarcastic? Putting up a front? Uneducated? Or knows what he's doing? I miss when we hated Temu and Shein

[RachelRae]

You should wear navy more often, it looks so good on you! Great video as always

[ryttuk]

Regarding that statistic of how many shipments there are going to the US by multiplying the July stat by 12, it's probably higher than that. I would imagine the number of shipments would go up dramatically in November and December for Black Friday and Christmas shopping.

[palasiksivain]

THE PERCENTAGES OF RECYCLED POLYESTER AND FOREST-SAFE VISCOSE ARE ALL RIGGED – HERE'S WHY. (includes boring math)

the overall 11 percent for recycled polyester and forest-safe viscose is factually incorrect. because even in the odd-case scenario that the 6 percent of recycled polyester and 5 percent of forest-safe viscose were, indeed, 6 and 5 percent of the ENTIRE CATALOGUE of fibers used, it does NOT mean that the real amounts of these fabrics being combined is 11 percent of the entire fabric catalogue. the addition of percents does not work like that. 5 percent plus 6 percent equals 11 percent POINTS, which are just the numbers of percents, not the real actual amount of what the percent is for.

in short, 5 percent of forest-safe viscose + 6 percent of recycled polyester = 11 percent UNITS of fabrics, ≠ 11 percent of all fabrics in production.


not to mention the fact that the amounts for 5 percent and 6 percent in these cases are not even derived from the overall amount of fabrics used in production but rather the amount of THAT SPECIFIC FABRIC used in production.

this would be the most accurate process of calculating the actual amount of eco-friendly fibers SHEIN use in their production:
of all fibers in production (100%), 75, 5% percent is polyester. of this 75.5%, 6% is recycled polyester.
of all fibers (100%), 8% is viscose. of this 5% is forest-safe viscose.
x = overall amount of fibers
x times 0, 75.5 = 0, 755x (polyester)
0, 755x times 0, 06 = 0, 0453x (recycled polyester)
x times 0, 08 = 0, 08x (viscose)
0, 08x times 0, 05 = 0, 004x (forest-safe viscose)
0, 004x + 0, 0453x = TOTAL OF RECYCLED POLYESTER AND FOREST-SAFE VISCOSE USED IN PRODUCTION

the entire chart for percentages of fabrics is fucked up, and SHEIN have made it intentionally difficult to read so that we wouldn't know the real amount of eco-friendly fibers being used.

// i actually suck at math big time but percentages were the only thing i learned properly and have had to use many a time since, so i guess good for me bc now i get to write useless comments like this on youtube comment sections. you're welcome LMAO

[mormornie]

"what do you expect, it's a company?" - it's called Company's Social Responsibility And Accountability!

[joylisawall]

About Shawna editing…It is up to the consumer. You are absolutely correct!

[heavenj]

I don’t shop there, I did have a brief period where I was broke and I tried them and I was plus size then. I get the plus gals who feel like they have no other place to shop ( they do you just have to look 😢) my one experience was: the fabrics made my skin crawl they smelled funny and never again!! I’m fussy about fabrics and what I don’t get? Is how are they still popular?? I get the no initial interest but eww?? And then when people became more aware of how bad they really were ? How??! It’s just sad people still don’t get it!? They’re wasteful the US is wasteful it’s just sad

[JellieGHope]

Makes me so happy I haven't shopped there and told others not to shop there

[klarasasse]

watching this video and getting shein and temu ad every 15 minutes is actually pissing me off 😭

[laurasutcliffe]

Im done shopping at forever 21.
I know it's not Shein, but its the same fast fashion. And it's problematic. I only get my basics from there, but there are other places to buy them, and actually have the items last due to better quality; it will cut down on me buying the same things a few times a year because of bad no quality.
Im starting to really not enjoy shopping anymore because I feel im contributing to the mess. :(

[Letty]

I didn't know Shein was so popular. I rarely hear anyone talk about it in my day-to-day life.

[kittenandgoat]

The numbers are terrifying!!! The thing so meany people miss - and with Temu too - is that the stuff is the start of the chain and the prices are so cheap because it has not gone further through the 'branding' - and 'packaging' that is the end of the chain in the High street fashion cheap shops. You can buy (guilty) something on Shein / Temu for - say £3 - and the exact same thing is £9 on Amazon -- £12 in the 'designer' section. Just about all the stuff is made in China these days - and dressed up to look better than it is. Buying it in your local independent store does not solve the problem. The basic issue is we just don't need all this stuff - all the time. Make it last - wear and wear it - don't just buy - dump - buy - dump.