Dressin is a new online fashion store that popped up and since my favorite thing to do is try out all the viral stores to give you honest reviews, I placed a $100 order and tested it out.
And I hated it. For them, most part. If you’re thinking of ordering from them, read my honest Dressin review first since I had a weird experience. Let’s get into it.
This is part of my series where I review viral brands you see online, like Halara, test them out and give you an honest review on the shopping experience and quality of clothing.
Dressin Is A New Fast Fashion Online Store That Needs To Work Out Kinks
Dressin launched in November 2024 with the goal of being a competitor to Shein, which has seamlessly taken over the world of online fashion, especially with customers in the United States.
Tradeinn owns the company, and according to this Yahoo article, the “platform aims to revolutionize affordable fashion by offering high-quality, stylish clothing at wholesale prices. ”
That may be the goal, but in reality, I found the customer experience to be clunky, prices comparable to Amazon, and inventory extremely low and mostly trash (think neon leopard tights or plastic shirts with Hawaiian prints on them). Plus, they push their referral program and accounts on users before they can even have a moment to click around which feels spammy.
The website looks and feels like something you don’t really want to shop from either (scam alarm bells galore). But, found some pieces to try for my first time ordering from Dessin (and this first order will be my last).
Dressin Clothing Quality Is All Over The Place And Mostly Trash
My delivery time was a few weeks, since everything came from China, so this was by no means a quick delivery process. I picked my package up from the Post Office weeks later than it was supposed to show up, and immediately tried it on, only to be extremely disappointed.
Half the items were just straight trash. I’m talking clothing that didn’t look anything like the photos online, and felt like it was made out of pure plastic, or were broken on arrival. Since Dressin is new and a little sketchy, their return process was hard to navigate and at the end of the day I decided to just not return the bad clothing and just toss it.
There were some items that did fit, though. I ordered a black midi dress for summer that fit perfectly and had quality similar to what you would find at Target but for half the price. I grabbed a pair of pink pajamas that are cute and fit, but the material feels a little plastic and isn’t something I like sleeping in, though are fine for a few hours of lounging.
Another dress I was excited about was this black sequin dress that was perfect for wearing out on New Years Eve. I put it on and a block away from our apartment, I realized it had ridden all the way up to my waist. Thank goodness I was wearing tights and a coat since otherwise I would have flashed everyone on the streets of San Francisco.
This was a clear indication to me that Dressin clothing is cheap and cheaply made in a bad way, since they couldn’t even produce a dress that stayed on a woman’s body as she walked.
I Ordered $100 Worth Of Clothing From Dressin But Only 1 Item Worked Well
When testing out new clothing brands, I like to order a variety of items to test quality and fit, especially as a size 14 gal. Often times, fast fashion companies like Dressin can’t design clothes that fit anyone above a size 8.
I ordered:
- A sequin black dress
- Black midi dress
- Black swimsuit, one piece
- A pair of slacks
- A checkered mini skirt
- Gingham dress
- A men’s button-up shirt
- A crop top
- Pink pajama set
- Plus more random items that are no longer offered on the site
Of all the items, only the black midi dress actually fit and was made well. The sequin dress was a catfish, and everything else either straight up did not fit me, even though I ordered a size XL, or was so poorly made I couldn’t wear it.
I even tried a men’s shirt and that felt like plastic to my husband and he didn’t want to wear it.
Dressin Size Chart Is Very Messed Up
One thing I always look at is a clothing brand’s size chart, as it’s important to make sure they are adhering to some kind of uniform sizing. But I found Dressin to have widely different size charts within their own company. I ordered everything as size XL and some items, like the miniskirt, fit like a medium while the dress fit true to size.
When a company can’t even standardize their sizing consistently, that’s a marker that they aren’t making quality clothes and never will.
Dressin Customer Service Lacks Luster
I tested out Dressin customer service chat and was immediately given a bot that told me they would get back to me in 24 hours. I get that they’re a new company but when you can’t be connected to a customer service agent right away, that raises concerns for shoppers.
Why Is Dressin So Cheap? It’s Because They Own The Entire Chain (Or So They Say)
Dressin set out from the start to “be different” by owning all touchpoints of the supply chain. They apparently own all their own factories in Vietnam, which allows them to offer their product direct to consumer compared to traditional stores who work with manufacturers to produce clothing for them, and then mark it up.
On the outside, this sounds like a good idea but it raises a lot of red flags. What are the ethical conditions of these factories? If they own the who supply chain, that means they can easily cover up any unethical practices such as child labor, slave labor or environmental waste.
The fact they are offering clothing so cheap means they have to be violating something. Shein, for example, is so affordable to Americans since they have confirmed to use children and salves to produce clothing for next to nothing wages (even got slapped with a RICO charge).
Just because the CEO of Dressin says they’re ethical, doesn’t mean they are and I have serious doubts they can be. The problem is, there’s almost zero information about their supply chain or business practices online. They’re making claims without proof and that’s a huge red flag.
I Think Dressin Steals Designs
To extend on Dressin’s lack of transparency when it comes to their factories and business practices, I think they steal designs. When I did a reverse image search on a Dressin dress with a specific floral pattern, I found it offered on Temu, Shien, Walmart and Amazon.
Either Dressin is stealing this design and offering it as a knock-off, or they are actually just using the same factories as all these other companies. And we know Shein uses Uyghur forced labor and after research, I found that Temu has their factories in the same area of China.
So, does Dressin actually have factories in China but they’re just claiming to produce in Vietnam for appearances? Or are they stealing designs?
Either way, it’s not ok.
Is Dressin Legit? Heck No, Don’t Shop Here
Before writing my Dressin review, I tried to find other reviews and customer comments about the store — anything to help with research and found next to nothing. I don’t set out to write these deep dives as negative reviews, but I can’t stress how much I do not recommend a purchase from this company.
The items are poor quality, the clothing will probably not fit you or look very different from what you saw online, it will take more days to arrive than the delivery date you excepted, and overall, everything just feels meh.
I understand their goal, but they need to work out so many kinks and offer more transparency before this is something I would even revisit again.
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