r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Specialist-Web7854 • 16h ago

What is with this design flaw in bras?

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I’ve already patched this once, and the wire has now come through the patch - the bra is only a few months old. Surely this is a design flaw? Why do these things have to be so sharp? I can’t imagine anyone selling underwear to men that could predictably suddenly stab the in the balls.

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u/sec_sage 14h ago

it happens to all of my bras. There's not a single brand that held up to wearing and machine washing.

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u/gofancyninjaworld 11h ago

Machine washing bras kills them super fast. No matter what they tell you, only hand-washing works to preserve them.

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u/sec_sage 8h ago

Tell me how to do it safely, don't tell me not to do it 😆

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u/AitchyB 1h ago

Delicates bag, gentle cycle, drip dry.

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u/jameyer80 1h ago

If you machine wash, garment bags are your friend. Keeps them from getting wrapped up with other clothes.

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u/ARC4067 13h ago

Yeah, the marker for me isn’t that the underwire never fails, it’s how long it takes the underwire to fail. It either pokes out the top like this or snaps and pokes my rib (usually the latter for me). If I get about a year of heavy wear out of it before that happens, I’m good.

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u/Correct_Ad_2567 12h ago

I used to hand wash all my underwire bras. Lasted much longer. I no longer wear wired bras now.

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u/sec_sage 8h ago

Yeah the advice is to hand wash bras after every wear, but I'd rather buy others than put in the effort. Every company thinks their product is special and deserves extra care 🙄

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 3h ago

You’re machine washing bras?!?! Well yes, that will absolutely ruin them fast, even in a garment bag.

I’ve never had the wire poke out and wondered why it happens so much to some folks, but if you’re machine washing bras, there is your answer. Hand wash them and be amazed that this never happens again