{"id":2770,"date":"2019-06-21T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2019-06-24T15:48:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T15:48:03","slug":"missguided-faces-backlash-for-their-1-bikini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/2019\/06\/21\/missguided-faces-backlash-for-their-1-bikini\/","title":{"rendered":"Missguided faces backlash for their \u00a31 bikini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Multi-channel retailer, Missguided, have released a \u00a31 bikini and the public are not pleased about it. The clothing brand announced the return of the black string bargain bikini on Twitter where former Love Island contestant Ellie Brown modelled it.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IT&#8217;S BACK \ud83c\udf7e <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brown<\/a>.ellie in the \ud83d\udd25 \u00a31 bikini set everyone will notice \ud83d\udc98(but your bank account won\u2019t) Shop the &#8216;one pound bikini&#8217; in sizes 4 -24 on site but be quick babe, there&#8217;s limited stock <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iIksv9iCAM\">https:\/\/t.co\/iIksv9iCAM<\/a> \u23f0 <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/babesofmissguided?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#babesofmissguided<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hz6u7Emtvs\">pic.twitter.com\/hz6u7Emtvs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Missguided (@Missguided) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Missguided\/status\/1139264940731240453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The \u00a31 bikini is a part of the company celebrating 10 years of empowering women. However, it is currently facing a lot of criticism as people have said they could have been made the bikini more ethically.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Omg PLEASE DO NOT buy the Missguided \u00a31 bikini. I give zero shits about the fact that the brand can\u2019t be making any profit on it, but I do give a shit that by selling it for \u00a31, that\u2019s the value they\u2019re slapping on that item. That item made by garment workers. Their labourers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Amyleigh \u2615\ufe0f (@AmyleighCraigg) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyleighCraigg\/status\/1139803178948538368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You might be paying \u00a31 for a missguided bikini with free delivery but the implication of your purchasing will have consequences for garment workers + the environment. Everyone ends up paying for it along the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 fleur (@infleurtile) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infleurtile\/status\/1139592204995969024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b> In response to the criticism, Missguided published a brief media statement on its website explain the price of the bikini<\/b>: &#8220;It cost us more to produce than 1 pound and we&#8217;re absorbing the costs so we can offer it at an incredible price as a gift to our customers. There has been no compromise with this bikini &#8211; it is sourced to the same high standards as all of our other products.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-channel retailer, Missguided, have released a \u00a31 bikini and the public are not pleased about it. The clothing brand announced the return of the black string bargain bikini on Twitter where former Love Island contestant Ellie Brown modelled it. IT&#8217;S BACK \ud83c\udf7e @brown.ellie in the \ud83d\udd25 \u00a31 bikini set everyone will notice \ud83d\udc98(but your bank&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":2772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2771,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/2771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}