Is it normal that i wash my bras with my other clothes?

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I don't hand-wash them or use a lingerie bag.

I hook the closures together so that they don't snag on my other clothes and then I toss them in the wash with the regular stuff.

It doesn't appear to damage them and I let them air dry after the wash - no dryer. Most of them are molded cups or lace and I only have one white one. I'm a 36G/H depending on the maker of the bra and they usually last about a year or two before they start to fray or fall apart.

What do you do with yours? How long do they last? Is using a lingerie bag really worth it and does it allow them to get clean enough?

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Based on 128 votes (117 yes)
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Comments ( 14 )
  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    Ya I just throw everything in the washer and dryer. Rebellious!!

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    I thought everyone does this. What's a lingerie bag?

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      11 years ago

      I know right XD I don't know what that is.

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      • Antir0b0t
        11 years ago

        Thank god, I too was thinking, "They make those?". Bahaha, damn.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    I don't use bags or anything, I don't even hook them. I just throw them in. I wear a 36C padded underwire and it's a pretty common size and my bras usually last for... well I bought these three years ago so a good long time without ever fraying or getting damaged, depending on the brand.

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  • charli.m
    11 years ago

    I never use lingerie bags but I do tend to do a whole wash of just underwear on delicate. Unless I need to make up a full load, then I'll chuck 'em in all together on a normal wash. Doesn't seem to be a problem. Occasionally, I'll get a sharp stab in the boob from a loose underwire, but nothing a minute of sewing can't fix.

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  • negasphere
    11 years ago

    It's a case by case thing. For the most part- people overwork it on laundry issues of all sorts. Including no pun intended- sorting. Well yeah- it was a reach for a pun though as said- it's to me more about common sense.

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  • 7udv8
    11 years ago

    As a guy I don't even sort colors, you mean you have to wash bras special??? Don't you just throw every piece of cloth that needs washing into the machine, add detergent, pick warm, hit start?

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  • FocoUS
    11 years ago

    Yeah just don't throw them in the dryer. Let them air dry

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  • UhhhOK
    11 years ago

    My fiance does the same thing =]

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  • Yumazing
    11 years ago

    My mother bought me 10 lingerie bags for my 12th birthday. Just because.

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  • Unimportant
    11 years ago

    I wouldn't wash my bra at all, so it would smell like boobs.

    Man, I love boobs...

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    • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja
      10 years ago

      Don't we all, but do boobs have a particular smell? I never noticed.

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    I never buy underwire because I end up cutting one end and yanking them out, but it's never been the washer that caused the damage, just wear over the years.

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