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Gen Z designers made it big on this app. Now they’re graduating

When Shirley Tang started selling handmade clothing in 2020, she knew just where to do so online: Depop, an app at the forefront of social shopping. Customers traded messages and commentary on the app about her creations as her store caught the attention of magazines and Grammy-winning artists. Her business surged.

But, this year, Tang began focusing on selling her clothing brand, ORIENS, exclusively on her website.