Same as Mochi. Most of my bras are almost $200. I'm fearful of putting them in the washer. I find it quicker just to handwash in the sink with lingerie wash.

Another one who uses those mesh bags and washes bras on the delicate cycle. I use Nordstrom's lingerie wash. Then I hang them to air dry.

For day bras, what Mochi said.

For panties and lounge/sleep bras, in structured lingerie bags in front-loading machine on delicate or handwash cycle.

Always hang dry.

I'm with Mochi. Hand wash only! I find that the underwires get twisted in the machine, even on gentle. A rubbermaid basin in the kitchen sink, a drizzle of woolite, a good soak, then rinse and dry on a lingerie rack. The rinsing takes the longest, maybe 10-15 minutes tops.

Sports bras do go on n the machine, in lingerie bags. Also air dried!

Wow. And I thought $40-$60 was expensive.
At $200 are they custom made? Or nicer material? I've never seen any like that.

Same as Diana.

Empreinte in Canada. I'm always looking for a cheaper option ...

My eyes bugged out at that price, too! I didn't know bras could GET that pricey.

I've spent up to $150 US for a European brand, Prima Donna. Not custom, just super high quality design, support, and materials, in a wide range of sizes (G cup for me). They last forever with hand washing. I really only replace them if I have a significant weight change and need a change of band size, or if the stretch/support starts to weaken - very infrequently. After I gained weight and started sizing out of store brands, I went to a bra specialty shop for a real fitting, and discovered this brand. Once I had a professional measurement, I could search around online for the brand, and have had confidence that it will fit consistently.

mesh bags for the nice bras, t-shirt bras or any with hooks, cold/delicate & air dry. Bralettes, sports bras without hooks I just throw in the wash, warm/regular cycle & low heat dry. I dont really spend much time protecting them.

Wow, I thought everyone handwashed their bras! My eyes are opened.

I handwash my bras. I actually have a lot of handwash-only clothing. I don't mind doing it, because I consider these items very special. The bras are expensive, at least in my experience ($50-85), and I don't want to take any chances. Since I can get away with wearing each bra a few times before washing, I don't have to handwash too often.

I like to use Soak, a no rinse detergent. I put them in a bucket let them soak, gently squeeze them out and air dry. As easy as laundry for me and safer given our hard water.

Like most, I wash them in a lingerie bag on gentle cycle, then line dry. I tend to do 1-2 loads of my good clothes on gentle each week - the rest of the boy clothes in my house just get chucked in! I don't have the time or patience for hand washing, and I don't seem to wreck anything - bras or otherwise - by using the gentle cycle!

I wash mine in a lingerie bag on gentle cycle, cold water and then line dry. Like Lucy, I have never damaged anything by washing on the gentle cycle. The trick is to use the zippered bags and use cold water.

I've been washing mine by hand. I really don't have time to this which means my bras don't get washed as much as they should. Now that I learn that most of you wash in the machine I'm going to do that too. Woo Hoo! I have a pile that need to be washed right now that I've been avoiding.

Heh, once my husband very helpfully put a load of my laundry from the washer into the dryer, including the mesh bags with two bras. Forunately, they came through it ok. Once I told him about not drying bras and explained how much they cost, he doesn't do that anymore. I'm fine being the only one who handles the laundry around here!

I am hanging my head in shame. I bundle up my Wacols with the regular laundry, wash in cold water and air dry. No baggies, no gentle cycle, no hand washing. I have had a couple of bras over a year that have been treated this way. They look fine. No structural damage...

Kerry, I looked up those bras online. I've never seen such beautiful supportive bras.

Beewee, I'm not that much fussier than you. I put my Simone Pereles into a mesh lingerie bag and throw them into the cold wash with regular laundry, then hang them to dry.

No problems so far, after I snipped off the little metal SP embellishments that kept getting horribly snagged on the mesh of the lingerie bags.

Yeah, a large reason why i use the lingerie bags is so the hooks on the bras don't damage my other clothes. I always close the hooks before washing but half the time they pop open during the cycle. Somehow with the bags they always hook onto the mesh and not onto the bras themselves.

Also the bags make it easy to find the bras after the wash to make sure they don't accidentally go in the dryer.

So mostly I use them because they make my life easier. It's just a nice bonus that they are probably better for the bras too

Hmm. Well April and Diana you've convinced me to try a laundry bag. I think I have the wherewithal to do that much. I have had issues with hooks coming undone and attaching to other items in the wash. See! I learned something today!

I wash min in a lingerie bag in cold water on the delicate cycle as well.

I use a special cylindrical shaped mesh bag, purpose made for washing bras. I fold them in half, stack them in the bag, and wash them in the washer on cold, delicate. Then I hang them to dry on the shower bar. Never had any issues.

I wash them by hand with a bin sitting in my bathtub using the Nordstrom Lingerie Wash. Usually once every week or two weeks.