When fashion designer Jo Smith reached out for support after discovering her designs had been copied by Shein, she said she was referred around by so many departments she felt like she was in "pass the parcel".The Central Coast-based sole trader said she first found out two of her dresses from her company Y Not Sissy had been replicated when a loyal customer's daughter saw them on Shein.Ms Smith said running a slow-fashion, small-batch label, she worried about the damage Shein's copies would do."They were using my own images No one even knew what to do," she said.She said she spent three days reaching out for support to get the dresses taken down.In that time one of Ms Smith's designs sold out."I had the fabric left over to make some more dresses, but because it was on Shein, I chose not to [restock]," she said."And the other dress … I've sold one