Key points

  • During the National Day holiday, "disposable clothing" returned as a consumer hot spot, with unit prices as low as just over ten yuan and topping out at a few dozen yuan, mainly bought by young people for travel photos.
  • Consumer Lin Xiao bought three vacation dresses for under eighty yuan total and discarded them after wearing; netizens reported issues such as pilling, deformation, rough stitching, and pungent odors.
  • Cai Shangwei, director of the Cultural Industry Research Center at Sichuan University, proposed strictly investigating merchants who refurbish defective apparel and pass off old items as new, and improving disinfection and labeling standards for secondhand clothing.

Ten-yuan vacation dresses become a National Day travel staple

During the 2026 National Day holiday, "disposable clothing" once again became a standard purchase for young people's travel photos. These garments are bought specifically for travel photography scenarios, with the lowest unit price just over ten yuan and a ceiling of only a few dozen yuan. For consumers, leaving them idle or reselling them after getting the shots is no burden, and the price is precisely what makes them appealing.

Worn once and discarded, with the experience discounted behind the low price

Lin Xiao, a post-95 woman traveling to Dali, Yunnan, ordered three vacation dresses a week before departure for less than eighty yuan in total. She said that after the photos were taken, the dresses were stuffed into a corner of her suitcase and left directly in the guesthouse wardrobe on the return trip. In her view, most of these garments use thin, lightweight fabrics that pill and lose shape after one wash, and the cost of a single dry cleaning is almost equal to the price of the clothing itself.

According to e-commerce platform product information and netizen shares on October 5, disposable clothing is mainly made of polyester (polyester fiber), chiffon, denim, lace, and similar materials, with generally rough stitching. Problems such as irregular seams, easy tearing, and deformation after washing are common, and some products even have a pungent odor when opened, raising concerns about skin health.

Expert: Common problems should not be blamed one-sidedly; refurbished defective goods must be strictly investigated

Cai Shangwei, director of the Cultural Industry Research Center at Sichuan University and a member of the Decision-Making Advisory Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, said in response to related doubts that most of the negative hidden risks the public focuses on are actually common problems in the textile industry and should not be one-sidedly attributed to the "disposable clothing" category.

But he also warned that clothing comes into direct contact with the skin, and if fabrics contain excessive dyes, residual formaldehyde, or unqualified pH levels, they can easily trigger contact dermatitis, allergies, and other skin problems. Behind "one-time beauty" there may be a hidden health cost. He suggested strictly investigating merchants who refurbish defective apparel and pass off old items as new, and promoting the improvement of disinfection and labeling standards for secondhand clothing.

(Source media: finance.sina.cn)

Source: The disposable clothing you just bought may be refurbished defective goods · Originally published on 2026-10-06