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🗓️ 28 June 2023
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China-based fast fashion brand Shein recently invited some American TikTok influencers to tour one of their factories in an apparent effort to improve their public image amid allegations of poor working conditions and low pay for workers. One influencer initially made a video defending her involvement with the trip, but after massive backlash has issued an apology. What’s really going on here, and did she deserve to be canceled?
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0:00.0 | Hello everybody! Today we're going to be talking about a US influencer who is invited to China to see a she and factory |
0:06.5 | made what could be a bit of propaganda and now is apologizing for doing so. Let's talk about it. |
0:13.5 | Down the public with the bus! |
0:28.5 | Alright what is up dudes and dudettes we are back happy Wednesday. Taylor is in the producer's bay today. |
0:36.0 | Oh yes I nailed it okay I was worried. I'm resting on the boards here Scott's been been holding it down but |
0:42.2 | Taylor! I've at least picked the right camera. What are you doing here? What are you doing here bud? |
0:47.2 | Well I haven't been to LA for a while and our boss Craig was like when are you coming back and we have our mid-year reviews and some meetings and some campaigns |
0:56.2 | are about to launch so I'm like you know what let's just come out and you know the satisfy everyone who's been waiting for me to get back out here. |
1:03.2 | It's good to have you Taylor it's good to have you guys we're going to get into this story but before we do please like and subscribe. |
1:10.2 | So many of you are watching the show right now so give it a like I'd love to see how many of you are active as we're getting into these stories today. |
1:17.2 | We're going to talk about a US influencer who goes by the username Danny DMC on her respective platforms. |
1:25.2 | She was recently part of a group of influencers that was invited to visit a she and factory in China. |
1:33.2 | For those of you who don't know what she and is it is one of the largest corporations to date responsible for selling fast fashion and specifically to women although they have fashion for everybody under the sun in the US |
1:47.2 | it's very popular among young women where they will shop on a she and get I don't know at this point hundreds of pieces of clothing for very very low prices |
1:59.2 | and it's not known for being the best quality it's not known for being necessarily made ethically although those ideas have not been substantiated yet a lot of people say that she and clothing is made in sweatshops and with possible force labor but that is all a legend. |
2:17.2 | There was an incidence where a young woman had apparently gotten an item from she in which in the tag the words need your help were sewn into the tag so interpret that how you will I believe she and put out a statement that said the reason that need your help was sewn into the tag was because the garment needed help and you know you put you put fabric softener in there to protect the material and the fabric that the clothes make clothing is made out of. |
2:45.2 | So again, interpret that how you will but that's the situation at hand she has a really bad rep not necessarily for the clothing's quality although the quality is not great but because of the ethical concerns in the way that the clothing is made also it's lack of sustainability. |
3:03.2 | We are talking about a clothing brand that puts on thousands of new designs and items onto its shop every single day we are talking millions upon millions upon millions of sales every single day one tick talker that I saw was covering this said that there are markets in other countries that take in thrown away fast fashion and thrown away clothing for the first time. |
3:33.2 | So we are talking about a clothing brand that puts on thousands of new designs from companies like she and Zara and H&M and they were getting 15 million pieces of clothing every week from you know Americans and people from larger countries who are purchasing these products for a few dollars on the internet wearing it a couple times and then getting rid of it so people are mad this young woman went to the she in factory I'm going to show you guys the video itself I'm going to allow you to make your own judgments on this and we'll break it down. |
4:03.2 | We just pulled up my mouth I'm still picking it up off the ground so big today we are at the she and warehouse where the products come directly from this facility to your home most fascinating thing is that I've seen the exact process of she and this is Danny by the way out of all of these influence revisited this is the one who is receiving most of the heat. |
4:30.2 | I've seen how it's designed I've seen how it's made I've now I'm going to see how it's packaged and shipped off and I feel like that's such a unique perspective to be able to see as not only a greater but a consumer of she and. |
4:42.2 | Now if you're watching this the factory is surprisingly empty for the amount of volume that this company is reported to be selling on any given day this company is currently worth a hundred billion dollars and of course that's sort of unfathomable how much is a hundred billion dollars. |
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