Shein's success lies in volume - the inventory online runs into the hundreds of thousands - and deep discounts: £10 dresses, ...

On the bags, on the labels of the clothes, on the wall at the entrance to the workshop, a single name appears: SHEIN (pronounced “she-in”). That name doesn't ring a bell? Ask a teenage girl.

Cotton accounts for 9.9% of the fibres Shein uses in its own-brand products Pie chart showing that polyester accounts for 75.7% of the textiles used in Shein clothes, with cotton at 9.9% and ...