Ladies - how often do you...

Calliope610
Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
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wash your bras? Not your sports bra, but your "I wear to work, school, every day wear" bra?

As I only have 2 bras that fit now (due to weight/inches lost), I alternate wearing them, and wash them once a week (after about 3 wears each).

What about you?
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  • dezcast
    dezcast Posts: 429 Member
    I wear mine twice and they go in the wash I couldnt wear them more. Id get too grossed out
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
    I wear mine twice and they go in the wash

    Yep.
  • DotPett
    DotPett Posts: 181 Member
    I wash mine once a week, but I don't work out in them,,,just wear them to work.
  • usernameMAMA
    usernameMAMA Posts: 681 Member
    Yup, 2 or 3 times. Any more than that and the fibers wear out. Also, I hand wash.
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    I have a bunch of them, so I'd say about two times each. I try to work out in the "dirtiest" ones first, if that makes sense. Usually I wear a regular bra under my sports bra (the bra I had on for work) and I will wash those right after I work out. Basically, if I sweat like crazy in it, I wash it.
  • ghhosstt
    ghhosstt Posts: 112
    On average I have three 'staple' bras that are just plain-jane that I wear to work during the week. So I guess I switch to a new bra every two days, and Sunday is usually a no-bra day as I lounge around and do laundry.
  • xTJSx
    xTJSx Posts: 106
    I wash mine daily ... whats so different about a bra to the rest of your clothes like socks etc ?
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    I wash mine once a week, but I don't work out in them,,,just wear them to work.

    :noway:

    Really?

    Aren't they a little similar to under shirts?

    I'd have to wash my undershirt more than once a week.
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
    Depends if I have been sweating in them. Regular daily bras, I wear twice, just bought 4 new ones. Sports bras, only once as i tend to sweat a lot when working out.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    I have about 5 bras and do laundry 2x per week. I wear a clean one everyday, and would feel nasty if I didn't. That's just me, of course. To each her own.
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 17,689 Member
    I wash mine daily ... whats so different about a bra to the rest of your clothes like socks etc ?

    This. Not washing them everyday seems... yucky.
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    To be honest.. Not so often. I have about 4 bras I use often, and I don't have a particular time to wash them: I wash them when I think they need a wash (if they have a small or don't look clean).

    Of course if I sweat they go right in the wash.. But that really doesn't happen too often.
  • Sharla_G
    Sharla_G Posts: 72
    Usually 2 wearings and I feel like they're funky. They're right up against my skin and I do tend to sweat under the band.

    The reason I try for multiple wearings is that I don't have enough to go one per day and last over my 1 time weekly laundry routine. That is, I don't have 7 that work with what I want to wear. I have more than 7 bras, but some are old and stretched out, some are the wrong color for the shirt I want to wear that day ( only white bras unworn, but I want to wear a black shirt...)
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    On a side note, why are bras so darn expensive? I've never understood it.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    After I wear them 2-3 times. But only if I didn't sweat or anything in them. If I sweat in them, I wash them right away.
  • garnet116
    garnet116 Posts: 144 Member
    I usually wear a regular bra 2 times and then wash. I have a special "bra keeper" thing that goes in the washing machine that lets me wash them without destroying them. Then I hang them dry.

    For sports bras.. I wear them once (along with all of my workout clothes) and they go into the hamper.
  • caspergirl7
    caspergirl7 Posts: 590 Member
    On a side note, why are bras so darn expensive? I've never understood it.

    i know right!!! mostly its with the bigger sizes.. but why should i be punished for being blessed with voluptous breasts?? LOL
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    My regular bras are hand wash only, I was them after 2 wears. My sports bras get washed after every use as they get sweaty and gross quickly.
  • jennmodugno
    jennmodugno Posts: 363 Member
    Twice is my max, and only once if I wore it on a "grunge" day - a day when I was staying home all day and didn't work out and didn't bother to shower. :P (Hey, as the mom of a three-year-old, showers are sometimes a luxury I can't afford! Haha.) I wash them with my regular clothes, but I don't put them in the dryer. It helps keep them nice longer if you lay them flat to dry, I read somewhere.
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    every day...
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Wear once, then they go in the laundry basket. I do the laundry once a week. So I need 7+ bras.
  • Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door
    Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door Posts: 735 Member
    I have to wash mine everyday only because I have just one that fits me. have to buy me some more pairs
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    wash your bras? Not your sports bra, but your "I wear to work, school, every day wear" bra?

    As I only have 2 bras that fit now (due to weight/inches lost), I alternate wearing them, and wash them once a week (after about 3 wears each).

    What about you?

    You probably don't want to know! :laugh:

    Like you, I only have two bras that fit me.
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  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    Wear once, then they go in the laundry basket. I do the laundry once a week. So I need 7+ bras.

    Laundry is done nearly everyday here, otherwise there would be mountains of dirty clothes.
  • dward2011
    dward2011 Posts: 416 Member
    I wear my regular bras until I think they should be washed. So any time from once a week to once a month (like my strapless that I haven't worn since the summer). It just depends on how said bra is doing as to when it needs to be washed. My sports bra gets washed after every use because it stinks and is grimey after each wear. I wash on delicate and dry flat.
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  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    Whenever I think of it. It is funny how different people are. I wear underpants once, but I'll wear a bra for two weeks without washing it. They never get icky, smelly, dirty or grungy. I have three or so at a time.

    I am sure this has made a lot of women think "EWWWWWW".
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  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    Washing your fancy expensive dainty bras every day will shorten their life. I have several and wash them weekly or bi-weekly depending on usage. Woolite and lingerie bags. Cold cycle.

    Sports bras are washed with regular laundry also in lingerie bags. VSX is pricey but my faves.

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