How do you pack your bras when you travel?
Oct 11, 2009, 9:38 am
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My trips are generally short (max 3-4 days), and I will just have the one bra that I'm wearing with me. I'll wash it out in the hotel sink and let it dry. If it's still damp in the am-- not a big deal for me, as I'm an A who can go without
Dec 31, 2009, 11:39 am
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At lingerie dept. I came across dry soap for washing delicates: Forever New. Very happy with packing a small amount for cold water wash while traveling. === When items are not quite dry, the hotel hairdryers are very handy to speed up the process.
Jan 1, 2010, 3:05 am
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I buy 100% of my lingerie at Soma. They fold them in half there to store them so I figure that's good enough for packing. I always pack my bras in a packing cube though and always put something in the padded ones to hold the shape.
I never worried about bras until I got fitted for my proper size. For years, I'd been wearing a 38B with no thought. Turns out I'm a 38-40DD. So after replacing 100% of my bras, I'm very obsessive about how I pack and wash them.
I never worried about bras until I got fitted for my proper size. For years, I'd been wearing a 38B with no thought. Turns out I'm a 38-40DD. So after replacing 100% of my bras, I'm very obsessive about how I pack and wash them.
Sep 15, 2016, 11:56 am
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I was just googling how to pack bras and after seeing this thread I came across this site: brakitty.com - they have pretty cute bra cases compared to some of the other ones, but the Brag company has ones that can go up to Ds, brakitty seem to go up to only C cups. I'm a B so it works well for me.
Yay for better bra maintenance! :-:
Yay for better bra maintenance! :-:
Sep 15, 2016, 8:27 pm
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Sep 16, 2016, 5:18 am
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(I'm DDD so none of my bras have padding - just sturdy underwire
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Sep 16, 2016, 10:46 am
#26
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I baby my bras
It isn't an opinion, almost all lingerie designers would tell you that turning a cup inside out stretches the fabric in the wrong direction. Think about a padded bra or a lined bra. Think about a two sided cup, the inner layer is smaller than the outer layer and if you invert it and stretch it inside out you are ruining the fabric and shape. At $50 to $100 per bra I am not going to stretch them out of shape. Also if a bra has seams you are turning one of those seams inside out and stretching it in a way it was never meant to be stretched. Perhaps if you wear a no wire, single fabric, no seam fabric bra it doesn't make a difference, but a well constructed bra will suffer under stretching it the wrong way.
The other thing to take into consideration is cup size. As some who is sporting a DD, turning out a DD is more significant than turning out an A.
The other thing to take into consideration is cup size. As some who is sporting a DD, turning out a DD is more significant than turning out an A.
Because I love lingerie and my bras in particular, I stack the bras. I fill soft fabric drawstring bags with non-bra lingerie. The bags rest inside the cups of the innermost bra. To keep the bundle together, I snipped off a leg of worn out tights to create a stretchy tube. Stretched over the bra bundle, the tube protects the bras and makes them easier to pack.
I can understand why some women don't bother packing bras nearly this carefully. If you don't believe inverting cups and flexing underwires affects bras' beauty and utility, that stance makes sense. Even if you do understand and believe it, it may not be worth the effort to you. I own plenty of things that don't get babied. Bras, though, get washed in tepid water with Forever New (just let it sit in the dissolved powder for ten minutes and rinse twice!), air dried flat, and cushioned in the proper user interface configuration for travel.
I want to second 8dimsum's Forever New recommendation. That stuff not only cleans bras thoroughly and gently, it works on silk, cashmere, and other sink washables. It comes in travel packets. I love the Soak travel packets, too, but they're heavier because they're liquid.
Sep 16, 2016, 12:10 pm
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I guess if I wore expensive bras I'd care more, but I don't. I've tried all the expensive brands i can find locally, but a $20 (on sale) Bali is my favorite, so....
I've read some lingerie blogs that there are some gorgeous bras made in Poland for the well-endowed, but not having traveled there or knowing where I could find some to try on in the us , I don't want to risk mail order. Ah well.
I've read some lingerie blogs that there are some gorgeous bras made in Poland for the well-endowed, but not having traveled there or knowing where I could find some to try on in the us , I don't want to risk mail order. Ah well.
Sep 23, 2016, 12:55 pm
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I guess if I wore expensive bras I'd care more, but I don't. I've tried all the expensive brands i can find locally, but a $20 (on sale) Bali is my favorite, so....
I've read some lingerie blogs that there are some gorgeous bras made in Poland for the well-endowed, but not having traveled there or knowing where I could find some to try on in the us , I don't want to risk mail order. Ah well.
I've read some lingerie blogs that there are some gorgeous bras made in Poland for the well-endowed, but not having traveled there or knowing where I could find some to try on in the us , I don't want to risk mail order. Ah well.
Sep 24, 2016, 2:41 am
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Hoyaheel, if you want to read more about some of the Polish bras that work well for the full busted, search for "Ewa Michalak" and "Comexim" at bratabase.com and reddit.com/r/abrathatfits. These two brands generally don't sell in the $20 range but the $40-50 range. I consider them to be bargains. PM me if you want more specific info!