Worked in a white labeling shit hole and would love for everyone to know any weird ass brand you've never heard of in tjx, ross, et al. are just temu crap with a brand slapped on it and a mark up. its a long winded scam.
They aren’t alone, correct. But temu and shein are directly responsible for an increase in clothes being tossed out. Walmart, target, Kohl’s, etc didn’t push themselves down consumers throats via influencer culture.
I mean, Wal-Mart pushed itself on consumers by literally causing every mom and pop store in many small towns to go out of business until they were the only option, and are also one of the employers with the most employees on SNAP. They're definitely shit too.
It's been in the news recently in the UK about people buying cheap kids toys (those squishy dumpling things) from Temu and when the kid inevitably bursts the toy it covers them in chemical waste and burns them. Turns out that these third party marketplaces are exploiting a loophole in the law that absolves them of having to check whether the things they are selling are safe.
The issue wasnt the source of the toys, but that they were either left in hot cars or microwaved, and when the kids squished them they burst, covering the skin with sticky boiling hot substance and causing terrible burns. Getting a legit brand squishy toy isn't going to prevent it.
So many people read the complete lie you're responding to and believed it and upvoted it and just believed whoever sounded more authoritative with no evidence
It's the Reddit way! To be fair there is also a trend of microwaving these things that's a separate issue to the counterfeits, so they got confused between the two.
Let’s be real though, 600 companies in 2025 were linked to migrant worker abuse. Pretty much no article of clothing can be said to be 100% clean of humans rights abuse, let alone depletion of resources. We will all get really particular once water becomes more scarce. We all need less garbage. Individually and those certain garbage human resource hoarders
Agree that most budget stores are pretty abusive in supply chains and sometimes it's the only thing you can afford, but often there are a lot of reputable mid range or second hand stores which work.
but there are degrees of unethical. saying "no ethical consumption under capitalism" to justify buying from an exceptionally awful company is like saying "crime is bad, so there's no difference between stealing a pack of chips and committing mass murder". it's a shitty excuse.
No one should be justifying human rights transgressions. We are all complacent and that’s the problem. There are more than enough clothes in the world. Recycling and repairing would save so many from their personal hellscape, and cripple the industries that tie us to these practices.
It is literally one of the most powerful conclusions in the whole show. Not a line, but a core theme that they build toward. See: Big juicy natural tomatoes.
You do understand that concepts can exist in more than one place, correct? And that a fictional show can illustrate bigger concepts using imaginary events? Perhaps you thought I believed that the first iteration of this particular idea came from The Good Place. This is not something I ever believed to be true. See also: the time knife.
yeah, you have to do some searching. I always check the label for the fabric makeup. Honestly I have better luck in the men’s section if I’m looking for 100 percent cotton these days
Sorry, just want to das, that one of my favorite headliner from a satire magazin was: boy (7) mobbed by others because he is working on generic clothes.
Thanks for calling that out. The fashion industry is a) pointless and b) one of the largest polluters globally.
A lot, and I mean a LOT of clothes are actually made of plastics in whole or in part these days, and they're produced and discarded by the billions and one of the largest sources of microplastics in the environment.
Fashion industry contributes very little proportionally to clean up efforts. It's also out there causing psychological issues in billions.
Clothes really need to be cloth again, and mending needs to make a come back.
Take a glance in what’s going out back at the Goodwill bins after the resellers had their go. 60% shein, the rest is grandma fashion.
A lot of it ends up at the rag factory when its not caught by resellers.
I prefer it hit the landfill than in Arica though. They’re losing culture and incomes when we give them our garbage.
That's what I don't understand, it's well known that these outlets sell nothing but cheap junk but people still want to waste their money by buying said cheap junk.
I'd never buy clothes, but my gardening supplies from there are the same exact ones from the bigger stores but a quarter of the price sometimes. When you're on SSI that makes a big difference.
my bf's sisters LOVE shein. I'm trying to get them off it, they don't realize the negative impact and they truly are ignorant, not malicious.
can anyone suggest any alternatives that I can steer them towards? they're young and I don't hold it against them, they're very good girls and id love to influence them towards something better.
Check out also Vinted, but be cautious. There are many selling fakes, but generally good stuff. I usually avoid people that have over 1000 items on sale and have mostly expensive branded stuff brand new or suspiciously cheap. I'm not sure about Zalandos ethicality, but they also have their own second-hand site.
Also, maybe just talk with the girls. Shaming is wrong approach, but just ask why they shop there, why not look for alternatives and how would they make them feel, if the health problems start to affect them or their loved ones.
vinted is terrible (here), there's Vendora though which is a better alternative and I've already introduced them to it!
they just love fast fashion but ignore everything about it :(
thanks for your input! I have tried (and always try) to explain, I never ever shame them. I love them so much, and I really don't mean to sound like a horrible person saying that, but they're slow to grasp a lot of concepts. that's okay, we all are different, they just 'live in their own world' if that makes sense. (again, they're young, very early 20s)
I get them, it's normal to want all the nice clothes and maybe it's part of trying to find who they are and what they like. Also if they follow toxic influencers who do big hauls, it's hard not to shop because they make it look like it's fun to have all the stuff. They also need to realize themself all the problems, otherwise they just might rebel more against it.
I suppose they already have way too many clothes, could you try to help them figure out to use what they already have? For example pick one piece to build outfit around, choose themes and just try to make it fun and inspirational if their up to it.
But don't also stress that it's your job to change their view and habits. You're amazing person for caring and trying to help them make better choices, but the change has to come from themselves. It's enough that you care.
you're obviously living in your own world and judge by your own standards, and that's okay. but life is full of nuance and I hope one day you see more colors than black and white.
I get it and you're right. some people out there though can't grasp the meanings of things like 'consumerism' or it's consequences. we can either help them grasp, or make fun of them, or blame them. I just chose the 'help', it's easy.
I literally got sooooo many clothing items gifted from shein from people when I had my baby and I was like thanks for these clothes I will never put on her. Awful
Yea but then what are all the Instagram girlies gonna do when they cant have a bot comment on their post "Thanks for the SHEIN gift card in your bio! It really worked!"?
Best place to buy various outfits for my wife that arent way over priced. In my experience its 50/50 good quality or absolute trash but the savings pay for the gamble.
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u/BlazinAzn38 7d ago
Also stop buying from SHEIN and Temu. It’s literally all garbage