From: The Take
Why France is ready to pull the plug on Shein
Paris’s antipathy for fast-fashion brand Shein hit new highs after illicit products were found on its marketplace.
![Protesters hold placards that read, 'Fast fashion, slow justice. Free Uighurs, boycott Shein. Buying Shein is condoning and becoming complicit in this genocide', during a protest inside the company's physical space, on November 5, 2025 [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-05T132714Z_1138552387_RC2CQHA42AXI_RTRMADP_3_SHEIN-FRANCE-1762903625.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![People protest against the sale of child-like sex dolls by Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein during a demonstration in front of the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, Le BHV Marais department store, ahead of the opening of Shein's fast fashion first permanent shop in Paris, France, November 3, 2025. The slogans on placards read "Shame on Shein!", "Shein is complicit in child pornography" and "BHV, your shop window shouldn't hide this shame". [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-03T125452Z_554927572_RC20PHAHAU87_RTRMADP_3_SHEIN-FRANCE-SEX-DOLLS-1762256497.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Logos of Versace and Prada in front of two stores in Paris. [File Stephane De Sakutin/AFP] (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AFP__20250410__39UX2NP__v1__HighRes__ComboFilesFashionLuxuryPradaVersace-1744317537.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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