How long do you wear your bras for?

[zzoester]

I wear my bras probably 3 times and then hand wash/hang dry them. I am a 36F and spend a TON of $ on my bras because I have to.....I don't have many options. For the cheapos, I wear Fredericks and my nice ones consist of Chantelle and Le Mystere from Nordstrom and those run about $80 a pop. So, I don't own many bras....about 5 or 6 at the moment and I rotate them pretty consistently so they have a long life. I wish I could afford a lot more but I just can't at the moment.

 

[mtrimier]

twice, but not back to back if that makes sense.

 

[X4biddenxLustX]

Some of you ladies hand wash them?! I'd be way too lazy to do that on a regular basis. I understand that some of you may have to do that out of necessity but I always thought that they had to be machine washed only lol.

I always buy cheap bras that are under $10. I can't fathom the idea of spending more than $15 on a single bra not even for Victoria's Secret. Sorry but that's just too much money in my opinion. Either way they'll end up just as tangled and mangled after X amount of washes anyways just like the cheap ones.

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by X4biddenxLustX I always buy cheap bras that are under $10. I can't fathom the idea of spending more than $15 on a single bra not even for Victoria's Secret. Sorry but that's just too much money in my opinion. Either way they'll end up just as tangled and mangled after X amount of washes anyways just like the cheap ones.

You really should handwash bras, although I won't lie and say I always do. As for the prices some people pay... once you cross over into D cup and over range, or band sizes over say 40, you really have no choice but to but moderately priced to expensive bras, unless you want baggy boobs torpedo tits... or all sorts of other ill fitted bra scenarios. For certain sizes, bras are an investment, and not a luxury.

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by zzoester I wear Fredericks and my nice ones consist of Chantelle and Le Mystere from Nordstrom and those run about $80 a pop.

GIRL!!!!! did you go to the intimates clearance over the past few weeks? I got a Le Mystere for 9.99!!! Huzzah!!!!!!!

 

[ms.marymac]

A girl that works in the lingerie department at my store said you should wear one and "let it rest" then switch to another the next day . I don't feel like mine do much to get that tired.

OT- NatalieR429, I thinks it's so cool that you are a cop!

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by ms.marymac OT- NatalieR429, I thinks it's so cool that you are a cop!

Me too! There's a local police officer in my area who is so hot and I wonder if she posts or lurks here. I'm almost tempted to post a pic of her, but I won't. If you're out there, Cpl. Spellman, you have fans!

 

[Willa]

3 to 4 days, but if I sweat during the day, I put it in the basket to wash it
I hate the smell of my body sweating, even tho my man says I don't smell like ''sweat'', but you know...

It's difficult for me to find bras that fit, I have a large back and my right underarm is special (I've been operated 3 times and will be one time again this month). I have many cysts there... anyway, so sometimes bras's hoops go too high (???) and push my underarm and it hurts. Soooo all this to say that when I find one that I like, I buy more than one.

 

[BloopBloop]

handwash? screw that, my washing machine has that "handwash" feature, throw my undergarments in that little mesh bag and call it day!

 

[cheapglamour]

Does anyone sleep in their bra?

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by cheapglamour Does anyone sleep in their bra?

Hell to the naw.

 

[MiCHiE]

^What she said, LOL. I rotate about 3 a week. Which makes me sick, considering how many I don't wear.

I also use towels once and wash them all once a week.

 

[Septemba]

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Originally Posted by cheapglamour Does anyone sleep in their bra?

I have absolutely no idea why I did, but I remember doing this in my early teens!

I also used to always sleep with my hair down which was really long and I can't stand doing that now!

I missed so many good sleeps.

 

[Mabelle]

i sometimes sleep in my bra... if i ve fallen asleep on the couch and just get up tp throw myself in bed and ant be bothered to take it off.

most of the time i change though. lol.

 

[Shadowy Lady]

My gym bra I wash after each workout. My regular bras I wear two days in a row then it gets washed

 

[X4biddenxLustX]

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Originally Posted by HeavenLeiBlu You really should handwash bras, although I won't lie and say I always do. As for the prices some people pay... once you cross over into D cup and over range, or band sizes over say 40, you really have no choice but to but moderately priced to expensive bras, unless you want baggy boobs torpedo tits... or all sorts of other ill fitted bra scenarios. For certain sizes, bras are an investment, and not a luxury.

My family when I was younger rented the downstairs area of our old home to another family. I would always see the mother's bras and the kids socks being hung to dry in the bathroom. I just assumed she did hand wash pretty much all the families clothes. My mother use to have to do that before we got a washer. Yeah, it was a pain the ass for her!

I understand that some woman don't have many options and have to out of necessity spend more money on bras that accommodate to their cup size or to provide extra support. I had a friend who was a DD and we could never find bras for her in regular department stores 98% of the time.

I personally don't need anything special that a discount department store or a clearance rack won't have (I'm only a small B cup. Don't really have any booby action going on

). I like to be as cheap as I can get with undergarments period cause I like to spend my money on other things lol.

 

[X4biddenxLustX]

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Originally Posted by cheapglamour Does anyone sleep in their bra?

I don't, I actually CAN'T, well at least nowadays I can't. I find wearing a bra to be uncomfortable which I only wear them when I'm going out.

But when I was younger and starting out with bras my mom would make me wear them to sleep so I'd "get use" to wearing them. Psssh. Well it never worked lol!

 

[BloopBloop]

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Originally Posted by X4biddenxLustX I don't, I actually CAN'T, well at least nowadays I can't. I find wearing a bra to be uncomfortable which I only wear them when I'm going out. But when I was younger and starting out with bras my mom would make me wear them to sleep so I'd "get use" to wearing them. Psssh. Well it never worked lol!

i am with you on this one. if im at home, i dont wear my bra... i feel more "free" without it. and if i do sleep in it, sometimes it can slide around and in the morning ill wake up with one boob in a cup and the other uncovered under my shirt.

 

[browneyedbaby]

When I was about 15 someone told me to sleep in my bra to stop my boobs getting droopy as I got older! I don't but it has given me droopy boob paranoia!

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by browneyedbaby When I was about 15 someone told me to sleep in my bra to stop my boobs getting droopy as I got older! I don't but it has given me droopy boob paranoia!

I know this is a common myth, but unless you sleep standing up, wearing a bra while you sleep does absolutely nothing but keep your boobs from getting air.