Boohoo, a UK-based retailer, sports Insanely-affordable clothing for men and women, making it another good alternative to SHEIN for everything from $15 maxi-skirts to $7 print t-shirts.

Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.

This is the sound of Panyu, the neighbourhood known as the "Shein village", a warren of factories that power the world's largest fast fashion retailer. "If there are 31 days in a month ...