https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:21:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1273345 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:40:54 +0000 T 1273345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy: Yes, if they don't take it back I will have to try it with fashion tape. Thanks for the tip!<br />Gaylene: Thank you for the advice, I agree with you, I could do with being assertive as I generally oscillate between passive &amp; aggressive behavior. I plan to go there next weekend as the store is a little far from home.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1271934 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:26:49 +0000 Gaylene 1271934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say you have nothing to lose by taking the bras back and asking for a refund, or at least a store credit. I'd go in with attitude that you've got a problem and need their help to resolve it. If that doesn't work, I'd contact the head office of Marks and Spencer and ask to speak to someone about a defective product you've purchased. </p> <p>I've found that being nice, asking for help to resolve the problem, and being persistent usually works out in my favor. If nothing else, you gain experience in being pleasantly assertive, a good life skill. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1271921 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:14:54 +0000 Anonymous 1271921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have to keep the bra, I wonder if covering the silicon with moleskin or even adhesive tape from a first aide kit would help. I hope that they will let you return or exchange. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1271917 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:04:12 +0000 T 1271917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura: Thanks for the link. I'm having the same issue. I am wondering if I should go back to M&amp;S and talk to them<br />Jeanie &amp; Glory: Yes, I think I will at least go back to M&amp;S and talk to them. Hopefully they will hear me out.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1271061 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:59:11 +0000 Glory 1271061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is terrible! I hope it heals quickly. I agree with Jeanie about calling the store first and seeing about a return. Given the number of problems associated with the silicone it should not be a problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1270939 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:25:10 +0000 Jeanie 1270939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's rather disturbing that so many are having a bad reaction. &nbsp;Makes you wonder what's in the stuff. &nbsp;I would try to store first and if they give you a hard time call the manufacturer. &nbsp;Once I called the manufacturer because the plastic adjusters broke on one of my bras. &nbsp;They promptly sent me new plastic adjusters and were very apologetic. &nbsp;The manufacturers want your business and the good ones will want to fix the problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1270922 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:02:10 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1270922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There was a post about this issue on Busts 4 Justice, a bra review blog I follow. Not the M&amp;S version, a Wonderbra version:<br /> <a href="http://busts4justice.com/2014/05/04/wonderbra-ultimate-strapless-less-than-wonderful/" rel="nofollow">http://busts4justice.com/2014/.....wonderful/</a><br /> Apparently the experience you've had is not that rare. They seem to have changed the formulation of the silicone and a lot of people are having allergic reactions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-silicon-coated-elastane-in-bras#post-1270919 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:53:42 +0000 T 1270919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Around three weeks ago I bought a pair of Marks &amp; Spenser's T-shirt bras in balconet style. They can also be worn strapless and the band of the bra that goes under the arms &amp; back has a thin strip of silicon coated elastane that grips the skin helping the bra stay in place when worn strapless. I have worn a bra with this kind of coating earlier as well - in a Indian brand called Enamour without any incident.&nbsp;<br />But on the very first day of wearing the M&amp;S one, I got an allergic reaction by the end of the day&nbsp;- angry red welts all along the areas where the silicon coated strip touched the skin. To be honest there is a tag on the bra that says that some users may experience discomfort due to the silicon. Since it hadn't happened to me earlier I disregarded it. Since then I have worn the bras 2-3 more times and each time I get a rash.<br />I really like how the bras fit me otherwise. I am not sure the store will exchange or refund my purchase as the store policies in India tend to be very customer - unfriendly, plus I have cut off the tags from the bras coz I wore them.&nbsp;<br />I was hoping for advice from fellow forum members on if they have experienced this &amp; what could be causing it? Should I just consider these bras a lost cause &amp; dump them?<br />TIA!</p> <p> </p>