US EditionFrance blocks Shein operations after controversy over child-like sex dolls
- On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, France will suspend access to Shein's online platform until the company proves its content complies with French law, following controversy after Shein opened a Paris BHV Marais store.
- The discovery of childlike sex dolls listed on Shein's website provoked political outcry and prompted a judicial investigation by French judicial authorities, intensifying scrutiny of e-commerce platforms.
- Shein said it banned all sex-doll products, temporarily removed its adult-products category for review, launched an investigation on screening failures, and sanctioned sellers involved.
- Protesters and shoppers converged as police secured the BHV Marais site, while petitioners gathered over 120,000 signatures and French prosecutors opened investigations into sex doll sales.
- Critics note that the fast-fashion sector drives social and environmental costs, while Société des Grands Magasins says Shein's concession could revive BHV Marais as Shein reports 27.3 million average monthly users in France.
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With the arrival of the giant of the ultra fast-fashion Chinese, the BHV Marais lost prestige and debarred its reputation. But the mythical shop may have lost much more with the massive leak of the brands that lived in it.
Sydney Morning Herald
France leads charge against Chinese giant Shein amid sex doll scandal
The immediate dispute centres on the sale of sex dolls resembling children on the Shein site, which the company halted after French newspaper Le Parisien published a photo of a doll holding a teddy bear and stating it was sold for sexual purposes.
mannheim24.de
Dangerous toys, fake cosmetics and banned products: France is taking 200,000 Shein packages apart at the airport. What is behind the control marathon?
France targets Shein over weapons, sex dolls
What happenedThe French government Wednesday launched proceedings to suspend access to Shein’s online marketplace until the Asian fast-fashion giant can prove it no longer sells illicit items discovered on its site, including “Class A” weapons and sex dolls resembling children. The Finance Ministry said Shein had 48 hours to demonstrate that illegal products were scrubbed from its marketplace, while the Interior Ministry asked a court to shut do…
Shein's executive president sent a letter to Bercy in which he stated that the sale of Shein's non-dressing products was suspended on the platform.
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