Fashion is all about courage. If you’re confident enough, you can pull off almost anything. However, while taste is subjective, there are some design decisions so awful they make style aficionados exclaim, “Oh, honey, no,” “Lord protect us,” or simply, “Ew!”
The ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty’ Facebook group is a niche community where people post pics of fashion disasters and poke fun at how ridiculous they look. It’s very enjoyable. We’ve collected the worst offenders to share with you today, Pandas. But before you scroll down, hold on tight to your awesome fashion sense.
Bored Panda reached out to Adrianna, the founder and one of the administrators of ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty.’ She kindly shared her thoughts about the group, the community, and bad clothing designs. Read on for our full interview with her. Remember, Pandas: it’s all about having fun shaming the clothes, shoes, and accessories, not the person wearing them!
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Adrianna, the founder of ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty,’ shared with Bored Panda that she created the group “out of spite of another group.”
“It has grown huge since August of 2021 when I made the group,” she explained via Facebook. The group welcomes everyone, and body shaming is not tolerated.
Managing a group of this size isn’t as complicated as it might seem from the outside. However, “it can get a bit chaotic with the 30+ post approvals a day!”
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One recurring challenge the team faces is the number of reposts shared by group members. “We really enjoy all of our wonderful group members and their constant love and support for the group,” Adrianna praised the community.
We asked the group founder why she thinks clothing designers sometimes create such bizarre pieces. “I think it’s because they want to push their creativity into artwork. They use it as a creative medium,” Adrianna explained, noting that some designers might not consider their creations suitable for everyday use.
“I think they know it’s not an everyday outfit, but they still aim to make it so unique that it garners more publicity,” she added, suggesting that some designs might not actually be bad—just incredibly creative.
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We were curious about how Adrianna envisions the future of the Facebook group. She shared that she likes ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty’ just the way it is and will “love it no matter what!”
“I have a great team with me, and I’m excited to see where it goes!”
Calling the fashion industry huge would be an understatement. The global apparel market is estimated to generate a jaw-dropping $1.7 trillion in 2023, according to Gitnux. The largest apparel market is in the United States, where clothing sales reached a whopping $310 billion in 2022.
Statista notes that the apparel industry’s revenue reached $1.53 trillion in 2022 and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by 2027. Unfortunately, a market so large generates tons of waste.
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As Earth.org points out, 92 million tonnes of textiles are wasted each year, ending up in landfills. To put it in perspective, that’s equivalent to a rubbish truck full of clothes being dumped in a landfill every single second. In the US alone, textile waste amounts to each American throwing out an average of 37kg (81.5 lbs) of clothes each year.
Given this, it makes sense for people to buy fewer clothes and focus on high-quality items that they genuinely love. We should move away from mass-produced, seasonal pieces that get discarded as soon as fashion trends change. It’s not only consumers who hold responsibility; clothes designers must also strive to create items with long-lasting value.
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Created in the last days of summer 2021, ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty’ has grown to nearly 52k members in less than two years. The Facebook group focuses on a single thing: “We are just here to shame clothes!!”
If you’re planning on joining the group, remember to have fun by sharing witty and sharp comments about terrible clothing designs. However, keep in mind that there are certain rules to ensure everyone in the community enjoys themselves.
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First things first, remember that the entire point of the ‘It’s Called FaSHEIN Sweaty’ project is to poke fun at bad designs—not people, but their clothes! The person wearing or modeling the outfit should never be insulted.
The administrators and moderators emphasize that there should be absolutely no awful behavior in the group. “We like silly, not mean,” they point out. Dehumanizing language of any kind is not allowed. There’s a zero-tolerance policy for any form of bullying, ableism, sexism, transphobia, racism, or homophobia. If you ignore this, you’ll be banned. It’s as simple as that.
