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Today, Explained

Shein trouble

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Chinese apparel company Shein is a favorite of Gen Z shoppers and the latest frontier in US-China tensions. Vogue Business editor Hilary Milnes explains why Congress, designers, and worker advocates are all determined to take down the global fast fashion juggernaut. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette and Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Chinese fashion behemoth Xi'in is one of the fastest growing companies in the world,

0:06.6

which means the people of planet Earth like it.

0:10.3

But it has so many critics, designers say Xi'in steals from them.

0:14.7

Xi'in straight up to stole my pirouette-scort design.

0:19.4

Influencers say they've been misled.

0:21.2

I make mistakes, I'm imperfect, I'm forever growing and evolving and that's like probably

0:26.4

one of my favorite things about myself.

0:28.0

Danny sorry about that trip to China.

0:30.0

Congress said Xi'in's being deceptive about who makes the clothes.

0:33.6

Consumers don't all things being equal, want to purchase goods that are contaminated by

0:38.6

slave labor or forced labor.

0:40.6

And Devogue Editor says the clothes are just not that good.

0:43.9

These are not very well made clothing, they are not made to last.

0:48.5

Coming up on today's explained as Xi'in flirts with going public, why is this hated company

0:53.8

so beloved?

0:55.4

And why is this beloved company so hated?

1:06.9

It's today explained, I'm Noel King with Hillary Mills, the executive America's editor

1:11.8

at Vogue Business.

1:13.6

She does not shop at Xi'in.

1:15.1

I have to say that these are experience on the website, it's just not for me.

1:19.0

It's fine, she works at Vogue.

1:20.4

But the user experience on the website is for so many people that Xi'in dwarfs other

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