- Wait, I don't get it.
- I don't understand where to wear it.
- This is so ugly.
- Oh my God, I wonder if it's gonna be totally see through.
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- I would say that my usual style is kind of grungy.
If I'm going for a night out,
sometimes I will dress a little bit more femme,
but definitely not a cocktail dress.
I usually stay away from cocktail dresses,
both because they're not my style
and also because I don't even really dig
the aesthetic on anyone.
- So my style in general is pretty casual,
but when I'm going to a bar or an event,
I do like to dress up.
Usually I only wear black though,
so I feel like I need to push that away
and actually try some colors.
- So Shein, I don't love them
because they actually only go up to a US size 22,
which is technically their 5X.
Normally, a 5X would be a US 30.
I usually fit a 3X or a 4X, and in Shein,
their 5X honestly is usually too small for me.
- I kind of have a love hate relationship with Shein,
because on the one hand, it has a million different items
and some of them look super cute on the website.
But then on the other side of it, it's not very sustainable
and there's a reason why their price is so low,
I would assume.
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So we found the cheapest cocktail dress
in my size on the site, and the most expensive.
- And we are going to see whether or not
there is a huge difference in the quality of these items.
- And whether they're worth their prices.
- The most expensive one is only $30,
so take that with a grain of salt.
- So first, I'm gonna try the cheap dress.
Now this is $6.
Not even on sale, that is the regular price,
which is insanely cheap.
- So this dress costs $7.
It was reduced from $14.
First of all, it ripped,
so I hope that the dress didn't rip.
Interesting.
- All right.
Okay, so immediately, the fabric is not what I expected.
From the website, it looked like it was a satin material,
which I thought would look kind of a little more expensive,
but this is, I mean, it's not horrible.
- Wait, I don't get it.
Oh, okay, maybe.
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It definitely looks cheap.
You can't really tell, but it's see through.
- Oh my God, it's so thin.
Oh my God, I wonder if it's gonna be totally see through.
- The fabric, it just feels very synthetic.
- It is a little sheen-y.
Well, that's the name of the site.
It's a little S-H-E-E-N-Y. It has a sheen to it.
- It's a fine style, I guess.
It looks $7 to me.
- It's folded over so at least it drapes nicely.
- I think it'll fit me.
Does that mean it fits though?
If it stretches to fit me,
I don't believe that means that it actually fits.
What is this?
I kinda feel like a mitochondria.
I kinda feel like a cell.
I feel like an organ, like this is biology class.
- I am genuinely shocked at how much I like this dress.
It's satin-esque.
If no one touched it, you'd think it was expensive.
Don't touch it.
But it looks great, it fits me really freaking well.
I'm so surprised by how well it fits me.
I really like the cowl neck.
- This is so ugly.
I think that this dress looks so cheap
and it feels, even worse than the look, it feels so cheap.
- And also, for $6, it has adjustable straps,
which I was not expecting.
The color is extremely close to my own skin,
that's the only thing.
I personally actually like it,
but I can understand why
that might not be a selling point for some people.
It might look better on different skin tones, I don't know.
- Honestly, it feels like it could break,
not because it doesn't fit me,
but just because the fabric is so cheap.
- Oh also, you can't really wear underwear with it.
It's pretty tight, to the fact that you would see lines,
but it's fine.
It's not so short that you'd be worried about it, you know?
Oh, and it's not see through.
It looked really see through before
but I don't see anything I shouldn't see.
- I'm gonna have to rate this a one out of five.
- I would probably honestly give it a four.
You cannot complain.
- I just took a picture in the dress
and now I'm going to be posting it on my Instagram.
- I'm gonna put a poll up to see
whether they think this dress is worth six or $58.
- I think that people will be able to guess
because this dress is so ugly on me.
- I think it looks more than six,
but I'm not sure it looks 58,
so I'm pretty sure everyone's gonna guess that it's six,
but we'll see.
- Now we're going to look at the expensive dress.
Mind you, the expensive dress is only $30.
Shein does have pricier plus sized dresses,
but they only go up to their 4X, which is not my size.
They don't really value their plus sized consumer.
- Time for the expensive dress.
It is $58, which I didn't even know
that they sold stuff for $58 on this site.
- This one definitely does feel a little bit more expensive,
because it's two layers.
You have the sparkly layer,
and then you have the underlayer.
- Okay, there is no way I think this is from Shein,
to be honest.
That's pretty cool.
I also love the fact it's red, 'cause I never wear color.
Everything about this is a lot more just bougie.
- And this one has a zipper.
It's definitely, it's heavier.
So I kind of feel like it is, even though it's only $30,
it feels more expensive.
- It looks like it's actually pretty well made.
Honestly, I'm shocked.
Ooh, it has a little cut out here.
Look, this is all see through.
- It still feels very very synthetic,
and it feels like it'll probably suffocate
my skin a little bit. - You know back in the day
when those really really designer-y expensive
bandage dresses were out?
It is like that.
I haven't seen them for a bit,
so I'm not sure how in fashion this style really is.
- And I think that the style
holds up a little bit better for me than the cheaper one.
- I like it. It could be a different story when it's on.
It could fit horribly, so we'll find out.
- Okay, now this!
I still don't love cocktail dresses,
but I can get on board with this.
Wilma, do you like it?
Boop.
- Oh my God, I can't even explain
how hard this was to get into.
I think it's my size,
I think it's supposed to be really tight,
and it's not like I can't move,
I just feel very constricted.
- First of all, I like the sparkly.
I don't really know what's happening in the front here.
It's supposed to be a tulip and it's kind of riding up,
but I like it.
- It looks great, don't get me wrong.
It really gives me a curve I never knew I had.
- It's comfortable.
I could dance in this.
- It's a weird mix of very sexy and very conservative.
It's really long, but it has these cut outs
and it has all these studs.
- But with the necklace, okay.
We style it a little bit.
- I really like this color on me.
The whole thing is very well thought out
and very well made.
- I feel like I would wear this.
This fabric still feels cheap,
but it still, it looks like it costs more than $30.
It fits properly.
I would maybe need it to be a little bit longer.
- I might wear it.
I don't know where I would wear it.
I honestly wouldn't wear this to a cocktail bar
because it's, I think, too dressy for me.
- Honestly, this I would rate a four out of five.
- A 4.5.
The only reason I wouldn't give it a five
is because I don't understand where to wear it.
Time for Instagram poll number two.
This time I'm gonna ask if this dress
is worth six or 58.
- 30 or seven, both cheap, but I think that they'll get it.
I also think that people are just gonna like
this dress on me.
- First dress, I'm actually kinda surprised by this,
because I thought this dress didn't really look
like it could be $58, but only 60% thought it was six.
I thought it would be 70 to 80% would say it was six bucks.
- Okay, the Instagrammers did guess correctly,
which I kinda thought they would
because the dresses were,
even though they were close in price,
one was so obviously better than the other one.
- All right, next dress.
Okay, I am kinda shocked by this,
only because I do think this dress
looks like it's worth more than $6.
Where are you gonna get a dress like this
for freaking six bucks?
Please tell me.
Clearly have no taste
'cause I thought it looked quite expensive.
- Yeah, I would say
this was a generally negative experience,
even though I did like the second dress.
The first dress was just so so ugly.
I don't think I will get over it.
- Overall, I would say that Shein is good value.
If you're on a budget,
that $6 is gonna get you a pretty nice dress.
I don't know about spending the 60 bucks on the other dress.
If I'm gonna spend that money,
I'm gonna spend it at a store that I like more.
- I can't say that I will be shopping at Shein.
I think that we should boycott them
until they extend their sizes,
because I think it's important that the brands
that we buy from are aware
that people of all sizes deserve clothes.
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