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What is Shein? How do you say it? Here's my affordable, blue, cut-sleeve jacket, outfit 478

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Angela Lansbury wearing a royal blue, cut-sleeve jacket. Photo selfie by Angela. (Taken from a windowsill.) A beautiful blue jacket from Shein. Who are they? Shein is, and was recently, according to sources quoted by Wikipedia, the largest online retailer, outdoing Amazon. Shein sells affordable clothes, very popular with teens. The company is based in China but sells to more than 200 countries.  (220!) The name was originally Sheinside, but that was shortened to shein. (Not Shein, rhyming with German ein nor wein.) Chinese 希音 Literal meaning "sound of hope Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīyīn I used translate Google and tried reversing to English- Chinese, and back to Chinese-English. I split the Chinese visual phrase into the two separate words or sounds. I struggled with that. Never mind. It's okay, so long as I can get it sounding right in English, she-yin. Style I love cape blazers. This one does not have a cape effect covering the back of the upper arms. However, I still...