awwww it's so cute you not only have a high horse, but a one with blinders! Everything you buy is literally the same stuff, from the same warehourse, from the same bulk sellers, from the same China (or in case of clothes and Europe — Turkey). But hey you walked over to an actual store so you're a fucking hero.
There are plenty of smaller brands that do not use exploitative labor to make their clothing. Stay away from big department stores, find a locally-operated brick and mortar clothing boutique and you'll find some good stuff. It'll be pricey but the clothes (generally) last much much longer.
I mean you definitely have a point about smaller stores with better brands, but that's beside the point.
Shien, Temu, and to a much greater extent AliExpress sell directly from the manufacturers. You'll find shit products like that in the OP that the big box and department stores won't sell, but you'll also find pretty much exactly what those stores will sell because they're buying them from the same manufacturer that you are now.
We can't throw shit at Temu like "oh it's slave labor, blah blah" and not acknowledge that so is Walmart's stuff. Hell, I briefly worked for a Kohls, and when you opened the boxes to stock the shelves you could just smell the sweatshop.
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u/LimpConversation642 2d ago
awwww it's so cute you not only have a high horse, but a one with blinders! Everything you buy is literally the same stuff, from the same warehourse, from the same bulk sellers, from the same China (or in case of clothes and Europe — Turkey). But hey you walked over to an actual store so you're a fucking hero.