Crowds of shoppers — and protesters — turned out Wednesday for the opening of fast-fashion giant Shein's first permanent store in Paris inside one of the city's most iconic department stores. The launch of Shein,

The government's threat to ban the Chinese site, which has already been sanctioned several times, is widely seen as unrealistic. Industry leaders also lament that the anti-fast-fashion bill has yet to be passed.

The Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant Shein will open its first shop in one of Paris' historic department stores. Critics see the move as a threat to France's fashion identity.

Asian e-commerce giant Shein Tuesday pledged to "cooperate fully" with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them,