The Chinese online retailer Shein has allegedly used a “secretive algorithm” to identify trending art and steal the designs from the artists who made them to reproduce on its fast-fashion clothing.

Three artists argue that Shein's tech collects data on its customers to identify emerging trends—and that it hijacked their designs for profit. Reading time 2 minutes Three independent artists are now ...

The online retailer is under fire for IP ‘crimes’ against potentially thousands of designers | Artists allege that Shein uses an algorithm to generate ‘exact’ copies of works and avoids litigation ...

This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages ...