When My Minimalist Wardrobe Met Shein: A London Designer’s Confession Okay, confession time. For years, I—Isla, a freelance graphic designer living in Shoreditch—prided myself on being a ‘conscious consumer’. My Instagram feed was all beige linen, capsule wardrobes, and scathing critiques of fast fashion. I bought second-hand, invested in ‘forever pieces’, and rolled my eyes at haul culture. Then, last November, a client project left me utterly broke two weeks before a friend’s wedding. Desperate for something new without spending my rent money, I did the unthinkable: I typed ‘Shein’ into my browser. The guilt was immediate. The prices? Irresistible. And that, my friends, is how my carefully constructed ethical…