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    My Love-Hate Affair with Chinese Fashion Finds

    My Love-Hate Affair with Chinese Fashion Finds Okay, confession time. I was that person. You know, the one who’d side-eye a cute dress online, see ‘Ships from China,’ and immediately click away. Fast forward to last summer, when my quest for the perfect, non-see-through white linen pants hit a wall. Every pair from my usual mid-range brands was either outrageously priced or sold out. Out of sheer desperation, I typed ‘linen trousers’ into a certain global marketplace. The results? Pages and pages of options for a fraction of the price. My frugal Londoner heart (and my maxed-out credit card from a recent trip to Milan) did a little flip. I…