Post #3577401

2026-07-04 09:33 UTC

Ffs & wtf. I'm in the library with the toddler. Another parent has been swiping away on her ipad and asking her utterly disinterested kid for their opinion. Curiosity got the best of me and I asked. She just ordered 20 different toddler outfits from Shein (massive unregulated shit-'clothes' retailer). She marvelled on how cheap it is* and how she'll usually just throws away whatever is broken or arrival, doesn't fit or doesn't look nice. *foreigner in Billund. She does not need cheap clothes.

Replies (4)

@Pepijn@mastodon.online 2026-07-04 10:40

Note: @tansy@wandering.shop writes about this (while maybe not about this person I particular, definitely about the ecosystem this takes place in). You could follow her on Mastodon :-)

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@CarstenBoll@mstdn.dk 2026-07-04 09:42

@Pepijn@mastodon.online I buy little electronics parts and stuff like that from aliexpress, little esp32 lora boards for example. But I feel like that's a little different from shein, I wouldn't know where to buy those in Denmark, most of the time they're just not available raw in Europe.

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@caffetino@social.pikaia.org 2026-07-04 10:45

@Pepijn@mastodon.online culture is broken. I was in a shop in my little market town in the UK this morning and I overheard a girl baulking at the price of something 'no way, I just buy a load of these from Temu!' Use it or lose it. Fast fashion and disposable culture will be the death of us.

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@sortius@beige.party 2026-07-04 10:47

@Pepijn@mastodon.online as a contrast to this, my kids are deeply involved in their clothes shopping. My ex-partner and I both almost exclusively shop at second-hand stores. If not, it's at the bargain bins at EB Games, or the like, so the kids can get their favourite anime/gaming/etc t-shirts (and I can too!). Unfortunately, it takes (near)poverty to live like this

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