“What the hell is it?”
That’s the question asked at the top of his lungs in the 15-year-old niece, who has just known that her favorite online retailer, shein, no longer sell clothes at a lesser price.
In the last couple of years, since he knows the fashion and is more marked by the Greek, my niece Shein used a loophole on the American Trade Veather to sell clothes and accessories for low prices.
The loophole, known as “de minimis exception” allowed packages permitted under $ 800 to enter the US not subject to tariffs. It is allowed that China, especially, to beat America’s market with super costs with a small cost of consumers and hurting manufacturers and retailers.
The Loophole end is one of the remarkable times of bipartisan harmony these days; Both parties support it. President Biden asked the Congress to do it. President Trump just went first and This is done by executive order. This can be the only tariff step worthy of his “beautiful” label.
So how cheap is – are – these clothes? Try $ 6.79 for a graphic T-shirt, $ 2.79 for a pair of high-womatted women’s shorts, $ 2.85 for a leopard print case. (A “wardrobard” in cellphone cases obviously something.)
Want my nephew to look “Shein Haul“Videos, where (mostly) teenage girls and 20-something girls showed a lot of things they couldn’t do, sometimes all things to withdraw the boxes.
ANSWERS In these hauls think that surprised Similarly.
“Oh, my God, see how beautiful. “
“I bought it because they looked very nice together. “
“Can you stand how beautiful Is this? “
(I’m sure Roget’s can be fatal by their anemic vocabulary. Or shocked, chagrine and maybe even uncontrollable. But I dig.)
Until my nephew wears me, I disobeyed the purchase from the sellers. At the risk of puritical sound, I really think he has enough UTENSILS. Does he really need 20 more hoodies?
And, it’s done, there is a high cost of these low prices.
Chinese online dealers are widely accused of being involved Business behaviors that are not overwhelmedmore important to Using forced labor of the uysghurs to choose cotton in the Xinjiang region in China. (In spite of excessive evidence, China continues to deny that it oppresses and exploits the most population of Muslim uygim.)
In thousands of urban factories dressed, workers have been subjected to long hours with low-payable charges.
And then there is an impact on the environment of “fast dressing,” shein and temu’s competitor appeared.
The large amount of raw materials quickly turns out to be a fashioned Fast Fashion industry one of the largest polluters in the worldWasting extra carbon than international trips and maritime rods, according to Earth.org.
The world of fast fashion has radical reshaping American consumption habits, and not in a good way. In 2015, about 153 million de minimis parcels were sent to the United States. That number grew up in more than one billion in 2023, according to a Report from Congressional Research Service. The average package value, the report says, $ 54.
“Shopping like a billionaire,” Themu declared 2023 Super Bowl Ad. Reddit forums are shocked by consumers who joke new, higher prices (which, to be honest, it’s never so long to compare to American-made things).
“From shopping like a billionaire shopping like a farmer a day,” posted a user.
“It was great, in a short time, to afford all the little things we needed and also some cheap treats,” another writes. “Back to the soul crushing the reality of poverty, where they want us.”
Both Shein and Temu, selling home products plus clothing, looking forward to the end of De Minimis Exception. Them aPunching their business methods. Among tactics: US warehouses and sellersallowing them to “send local.”
In the last year, left out of prompting for clothes with no cost, I decided to place a Shein order. I bought a pair of jeans for about $ 30 and a Cashmere Sweater of about $ 80. I was shocked by good quality of both.
And I feel guilty of breaking my principles. About a month after my mini-haul arrived from China, a dog I took care of for a friend who chewed a large sweater hole.
I was sad about that. But I also feel punished by the universe. I need it.
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