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Available on the public service streaming platform, the documentary led by influencer Claire Latour is edifying.
In just five short years, this online sales site has managed to compete with chain stores. Shein offers a huge range of low-end products at unbeatable prices, from tank tops to evening dresses and cushion covers. This vein is not without consequences…
While Chinese journalists are muzzled, nothing discourages Claire Latour. The influencer investigated the brand for a year, supported by NGOs who denounce Shein. The most terrible example of “fast fashion”, an anglicism used to define clothing that is not intended to last over time.
A drift in production inseparable from human exploitation bordering on slavery, pollution, and a danger to the health of those who wear them. You might as well pour a barrel of oil directly on your skin. Workers are paid by the piece. To hope to have a decent salary, they produce hundreds of them every week. Most often they are far from their families and work to send them the money necessary for their survival.
An educational documentary
Each product ordered makes a long journey from China to arrive by parcel at our Relay Points. The carbon footprint is catastrophic because a good part is returned when the consumer is disappointed with the poor quality of the fabrics, invisible in photos when ordering on the internet. The associations that collect them can barely give them back to populations in need because at the first wash, the clothes are totally deformed or shrink to the point of no longer being the size of the person who selected them.
The documentary is intended to be educational and offers alternatives. Second hand has become the Eldorado of ethical good deals. To remember before validating your next online basket.
