In 2025, SHEIN crossed a jaw-dropping valuation: $100 billion.
That’s more than some luxury fashion houses combined. It’s more than the GDP of dozens of small countries.
But pause for a second — is it really worth it?
Let’s break this down.
👕 A World Already Overflowing with Clothes
Here’s a hard truth:
We already have enough clothes to dress six future generations.
Yes, SIX.
Yet, 100 billion new garments are made every single year.
Why?
Because companies like SHEIN churn out ultra-cheap, ultra-fast fashion — pumping out thousands of new styles every week, designed not to last, but to be worn, tossed, and replaced.
The cost?
Not what you pay at checkout.
The real cost is paid by:
- Garment workers in underpaid, unsafe factories.
- Rivers poisoned by dye and chemical runoff.
- Landfills in the Global South drowning in discarded fashion waste.
- Atmosphere choked with CO₂ from overproduction, underuse, and endless shipping.
📹 The Viral Future of Climate Change
One viral quote says:
“You will experience climate change as an escalating series of videos — until you are the one recording.”
Think about it:
We scroll past floods, wildfires, droughts, and storms on our feeds, feeling bad for five seconds…
until we are the ones knee-deep in floodwater, watching our own homes vanish, recording videos no one can scroll past.
🚨 The Urgent Call to Action
Here’s what we must do:
✅ Slow Down → Buy less, choose well, make it last.
✅ Educate → Learn where your clothes come from. Who made them? What’s the environmental cost?
✅ Demand → Ask brands for transparency, sustainability, and accountability.
✅ Rethink → Do you need that trend? Or is it just a dopamine hit?
✅ Repair → Patch it up, sew it back, give it life.
✅ Reuse → Swap, thrift, upcycle.
✅ Invest → Support ethical, local, and sustainable businesses.
✅ Vote → Push for environmental policies and labor protections.
✅ Act → Don’t wait for others. Start with your own habits.
💭 What Would You Add?
Here’s what I’d personally add to the list:
⭐ Inspire Others → Share knowledge, not just outfits. Help shift what’s “cool.”
⭐ Hold Big Brands Accountable → Not just “buy better” — demand better from companies and governments.
⭐ Support Circular Systems → Push for brands to take back used clothes, recycle materials, and stop landfilling.
⭐ Reconnect with Value → Remember: every item you own came from someone’s hands, someone’s land, someone’s life.
✊ Agree? Ready to Change the Story?
SHEIN’s $100 billion valuation is not just a business success story — it’s a wake-up call.
It’s up to us to decide whether we want to keep feeding this beast, or whether we want to step up and reshape the future.
So I ask you: 👉 What would you add to this list?
👉 What small act can you start today?
Let’s talk. Let’s rethink. Let’s act.