https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:47:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1719075 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 20:40:20 +0000 Lisa 1719075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wash them by hand with a bin sitting in my bathtub using the Nordstrom Lingerie Wash. &nbsp;Usually once every week or two weeks. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718978 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:05:10 +0000 Jenava 1718978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718866 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:34:38 +0000 Kristin L 1718866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wash min in a lingerie bag in cold water on the delicate cycle as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718669 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:35:26 +0000 Beewee 1718669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718494 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:44:39 +0000 Diana 1718494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> <p>Also the bags make it easy to find the bras after the wash to make sure they don't accidentally go in the dryer. </p> <p>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 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718484 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:30:59 +0000 April 1718484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beewee, I'm not that much fussier than you. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;</p> <p>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. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718481 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:26:37 +0000 Barbara Diane 1718481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kerry, I looked up those bras online. I've never seen such beautiful supportive bras.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718430 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:57:26 +0000 Beewee 1718430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hanging my head in shame. &nbsp;I bundle up my Wacols with the regular laundry, wash in cold water and air dry. &nbsp;No baggies, no gentle cycle, no hand washing. &nbsp;I have had a couple of bras over a year &nbsp;that have been treated this way. &nbsp;They look fine. &nbsp;No structural damage... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718403 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:39:59 +0000 Janet 1718403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718400 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:36:28 +0000 AviaMariah 1718400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. &nbsp;Now that I learn that most of you wash in the machine I'm going to do that too. &nbsp;Woo Hoo! &nbsp;I have a pile that need to be washed right now that I've been avoiding. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718396 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:26:22 +0000 Anonymous 1718396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718291 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:49:46 +0000 Lucy 1718291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718245 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 03:19:36 +0000 Jaime 1718245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718241 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 03:17:02 +0000 Gigi 1718241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I thought everyone handwashed their bras! My eyes are opened.</p> <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718202 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:43:59 +0000 MsGreer 1718202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>mesh bags for the nice bras, t-shirt bras or any with hooks, cold/delicate &amp; air dry. Bralettes, sports bras without hooks I just throw in the wash, warm/regular cycle &amp; low heat dry. I dont really spend much time protecting them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718111 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:33:20 +0000 binkle 1718111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718106 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:29:29 +0000 Bennett 1718106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My eyes bugged out at that price, too! I didn't know bras could GET that pricey. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718103 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:28:35 +0000 kerry 1718103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Empreinte in Canada. I'm always looking for a cheaper option ... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718101 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:27:02 +0000 JAileen 1718101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as Diana. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718099 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:22:40 +0000 Barbara Diane 1718099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. And I thought $40-$60 was expensive. <br />At $200 are they custom made? Or nicer material? I've never seen any like that.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718097 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:19:58 +0000 binkle 1718097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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.</p> <p>Sports bras do go on n the machine, in lingerie bags. Also air dried! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718060 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 21:02:11 +0000 minimalist 1718060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For day bras, what Mochi said. </p> <p>For panties and lounge/sleep bras, in structured lingerie bags in front-loading machine on delicate or handwash cycle. </p> <p>Always hang dry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718039 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:12:11 +0000 DonnaF 1718039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another one who uses those mesh bags and washes bras on the delicate cycle.&nbsp; I use Nordstrom's lingerie wash.&nbsp; Then I hang them to air dry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras/page/2#post-1718038 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:11:24 +0000 kerry 1718038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1718035 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:05:53 +0000 Colette 1718035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My Mom gave me a few bra bags that have structure and hold their shape in the wash. So, like others, I use these on delicate/cold in the machine and hang to dry. They come out perfect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1717977 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:12:34 +0000 Barbara Diane 1717977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greyscale, I LOVE the salad spinner idea for hand washables. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1717976 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:10:30 +0000 Barbara Diane 1717976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I'd felt guilty at the thought of machine washing them. I am so glad to hear that it's fine. My "girls" are appreciative. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1717975 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:10:15 +0000 Greyscale 1717975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I bought my first expensive bras last year, at first I hand washed them. I got a cheap plastic salad spinner to use as a basin for hand-washing so I can spin some of the extra water out (more useful for silk shirts, since bras dry quickly regardless). But now I just do them in the washer on delicate along with my washable silk. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1717968 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:59:48 +0000 Aziraphale 1717968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy fairly costly bras, and I machine-wash them (in a lingerie bag) on either the delicate or the handwash setting, with gentle liquid laundry soap. They last a really long time. I have never actually washed a bra by hand.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-launder-your-bras#post-1717964 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:55:07 +0000 MsMary 1717964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as most posters -- on delicate in the washing machine in a lingerie bag. The lady at the fancy bra store told me to use baby shampoo instead of detergent, so that's what I use and my bras are holding up well!</p> <p>I do need to buy a new lingerie bag because I donated the one I was using to our winemaking project... </p>