Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

Duration: 47'11''

Synopsis

Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreading of their exploitative working conditions, hidden cameras go inside factories for the first time.

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