What kind of women's clothing should you buy on AliExpress

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Earrings for 20 rubles, designer down jackets and other things worth taking on the Chinese site.

AliExpress provides a huge opportunity for choice, but the responsibility for this choice is taken by the buyer himself. The life hacker understands what treasures the huge marketplace conceals, what things to pay attention to first of all and what to choose so that purchases do not look like "expectation and reality" pictures.

What to buy

Warm clothing and thermal underwear

In many Asian countries, there is no central heating, but various ways to warm up locally are very common. Chemical and electronic heating pads are used, as well as insulated clothing. At the same time, it cannot be said that there are a lot of warm fur coats and down jackets on AliExpress - more often you can find not too thick outerwear from "Cheburashka". For protection from the cold in Asia, it is customary to lay things on top of each other. Therefore, various thermal underwear, armwormers and legwormers are produced and sold in huge quantities.

If you think you never get too much warmth, look for matching leggings and tights. For maximum comfort, you can complement them with an elongated sweatshirt or a cocoon dress with fleece lining. True, warm outerwear, even with such equipment, is better not to be neglected.

Designer clothing

Until recently, Chinese clothing was associated exclusively with poor quality and illegal copying of Western brands, but today the inscription Made in China has acquired new meanings. Asian brands are increasingly attracting attention with their originality and freshness of ideas, often they are already inspired by Western designers. Here are just a few interesting brands:

• AMII is a Chinese brand that makes clothes both for a feast and for the world. There are minimalistic dresses and sweatshirts with custom cut. There are also interesting parks and down jackets, but the reviews warn: things are not suitable for the harsh Russian frosts.
• Elf Sack - an original and fun brand that is not afraid of bright colors and unusual textures. She sews hooligan sweaters, pop-art dresses and outerwear, thanks to which they will look after you. There are double layer pants, vinyl midi skirts, and weird prints.
• Artka is another local brand that specializes in boho, chinoiserie and 1950s-inspired retro silhouettes. The assortment includes complex down coats with prints, delicate dresses with flowers and high-quality pullovers.

Fancy clothes

AliExpress is a real freedom for those who love the trendy and weird wardrobe items. Here you can find wide culottes, a duvet down jacket and extreme oversized, for example, a sweatshirt that looks more like a sheet. Acid-toned clubwear, ultra-short reflective bomber jacket, chunky knit woolen clothes, intricate cut dresses, belted cargo pants, safari jumpsuit - whatever you want for your money.

Less insane options can be found. For example, an airy dress in a neo-romantic style. Also on the site there are a lot of floor-length dresses and closed clothes for those who feel most comfortable, hiding as much as possible from prying eyes. Such a thing can be both in a sports style and in a traditional one with folk motives.

Clothing for sports and outdoor activities

The best examples of Chinese sportswear are in no way inferior to Western ones, and in terms of design they often differ for the better. In the official store of the Li Ning brand, you can find beautiful sneakers for running, gym workout and outdoor activities. They also sell leggings, T-shirts, sports jackets and other items for the gym. There are also more exotic options for a fitness brand - clothes for every day, but with a sporty overtones.

Another major outdoor clothing store is the Running River Official Store. Considering the trend for sportswear and outdoor, many of these items can be worn in the city every day without hesitation. For sneakers, it makes sense to look at the JINTOHO Factory Store.

The store, which specializes in the 316 and XARKE brands, sells swimwear. Including those that are difficult to find in the West: closed, with a T-shirt and shorts or a skirt.

There are also sports-specific stores on AliExpress. For example, the Professional Ropa Ciclismo Store sells clothing for cyclists, while the Keep Diving Store sells diving and swimming supplies.

Most of these brands are in the middle price segment. For example, sneakers from a Chinese brand can cost both 1,000 rubles and almost 10,000, depending on the purpose and sophistication of the model. If you do not make great demands on sportswear and want it to be cheap, it is quite possible to take a chance and buy, say, noun-name shorts for 265 rubles. Unlike well-known brands, no one will give guarantees here.

Accessories

It is convenient to buy accessories on the Internet: they do not require selection by size and will definitely suit you. So, choosing between a fitted blouse and a high-quality scarf, it is wiser to choose a scarf. For example, this grungy one with linen and cotton in the composition (and don't be deterred by the fact that it is declared as male).

On AliExpress, you can find decent leather goods that will cost less than the same bags in the concept store of Russian designers. For example, a genuine leather handbag on a belt will cost less than 1,000 rubles.

Also, the Chinese site is a treasure trove of interesting jewelry. Scroll through the replicas at Tiffany & Co for bird and carp brooches and minimalist earrings for $ 20.

What styles to look at

Minimalism and architecture

These trends date back to the days when Japanese designer Yoji Yamamoto popularized deconstructivism and so-called intellectual fashion in the West. Basic colors, rethinking of classic costume elements and loose fit are still relevant today.

Asian manufacturers continue to create architectural designs inspired by the work of Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo. To support the trend, you can buy, say, a wide shirt with a curly hem or a hybrid of trousers and a skirt.

Boho and mori girl

Boho-chic items include knitted cardigans, ponchos, wide gypsy skirts, embroidered blouses made from natural fabrics, large jewelry and fringed suede bags. Wearing clothes inspired by ethnic motives, you can go to a music festival or just walk around the city. Also on AliExpress, you can find dozens of unnamed inexpensive boho dresses for the beach and hot summer days.

The boho-chic, widespread in California, has been familiar to the West since the days of hippies, but the street style mori girl ("girl from the forest") appeared in Japan in the 2000s. Fans of the Mori style wear romantic layered outfits in subtle natural shades, with lace, frills and patchwork. When choosing such things, keep in mind that the average height of models for mori lookbooks usually does not exceed 160 centimeters, so dresses on a tall and curvy woman may not look like in the pictures.

Asian streetstyle

Fun clothes of unknown Chinese brands that copy the style of Japanese party people from the Harajuku area are searched on AliExpress for harajuku. And the Korean current style - according to the word ulzzang (this is how the most beautiful and elegant are called in Korea). However, Korea is more conservative in fashion than Japan.

Often sellers, inserting these words into the product description, mean only "stylish, fashionable, youthful", so in each specific case, the accuracy of the definition is on their conscience. However, this is often how you can find especially interesting things or detect trends that the West will think of only after a couple of seasons.

What things are better not to buy

Too cheap things made of low-quality materials

A badly sewn item can be identified by rough seams and protruding threads. In the production of such clothes, fabrics are used that quickly stretch, shrink after washing and are covered with pellets. It is better to give preference to sellers who post macro photographs that allow you to evaluate the seams and texture.

Inexpensive things in a deliberately glamorous and "smart" style are often of poor quality. Having bought a silk cocktail dress for 600 rubles, you are very likely to get something low-standard.

Fitted clothing

In the risk zone are sheath dresses and, in general, any things on the figure, especially from materials without stretch. Perhaps you happened to be wrong with the size even in a regular store: clothes on a hanger often look different from what they are on a person. It is even more difficult to evaluate how she will sit on you from the photo. AliExpress sellers love to pin their clothes with pins during filming to create the desired silhouette, and also mercilessly photoshopped the shots by cropping the sides of the models. The cheaper the item and the lower the rating of the store, the higher the likelihood of such manipulations.

Therefore, it is safest to choose dresses that do not imply a tight fit, as well as pants and skirts with elastic bands, and carefully read the description of the product, where the measurements are indicated. The Asian size range has its own atmosphere: many things are small, so you need to look first of all at centimeters, and not at the symbols. On AliExpress, one size is in use - usually this is a free-cut thing that suits people with Western sizes from S to L. If your size is smaller or larger, it is better to send your parameters to the seller and ask clarifying questions.

Shoes

We will not say that it is absolutely impossible to take shoes on AliExpress, but it is better to approach its choice with extreme caution. Usually, Chinese shoes differ from European ones by two sizes (for example, for the 37th you will have to take the 39th). Usually, the length of the foot is indicated everywhere, which you need to focus on. But the manufacturer often attaches a table simply downloaded from somewhere - not the fact that it reflects measurements for a specific insole. And even if the shoe fits in size, the last may not fit or be uncomfortable. This can only be understood empirically.

When choosing women's shoes, you need to take into account that the size range often ends at a foot length of 25.5 cm. If your size is larger than the European 39th, there is little that will suit you from Chinese women's shoes. In the case of sneakers, everything is a little more democratic: you can choose a men's model or unisex (in terms of design, such sneakers are not inferior to women's ones), besides, such shoes are by definition more comfortable than model ones.

Outcomes

On AliExpress, you should take warm clothes, things of Chinese designers and unusual accessories.

You should not buy very cheap things made of low-quality materials and those that should fit exactly on the figure. Shoes - with care.

Pay attention to the original styles that are specific to Asia. They look more interesting than imitating Western brands. Once you cope with the temptation to take the most budgetary, but unnecessary, there are things that will decorate your wardrobe and last a long time.