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To ask would you buy a used bra?

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MiMiPies · 05/08/2023 19:28

I'm trying to be more environmentally conscious and buying clothes off of vinted and weird question I know but there's loads of brass on vinted and I was talking to DH about it and he thinks it's a bit weird but at the same time .. they're just boobs?

Like I've bought some dresses off there and who knows they could have worn them braless or whatever.

I just can't decide how weird it is, so would you buy second hand bras?

Obviously knickers are another matter, those are still being bought new! Grin

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Firstttimemama · 06/08/2023 00:40

I’ve bought second hand bras all throughout my pregnancy second hand! I don’t have the money to fork out for new bras every few months. Got all my nursing bras there too as they are a few £s each as opposed to £40+ (unusual size!)

thereisnorightanswer · 06/08/2023 00:44

I wouldn't buy a bra second hand. But that's because I find you never need the size you think you need in a particular brand/style, so chances of getting it right first time would be difficult (not what you want in a Vinted purchase) and also, bras lose their effectiveness with every wash. The wire could have gone, the elastic could have been overstretched... I need my bra to do some heavy duty lifting.

megansmarkle · 06/08/2023 00:54

I saw pants available on a Facebook sharing group Envy

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 06/08/2023 01:37

NoChanceYouMetalBastard · 05/08/2023 23:40

Yes, I have loads of second-hand bras. I fail to see how tit sweat is much different than armpit sweat once it's been through the machine.

But bras are not supposed to go through the washing machine, I do mine by hand so either they’ve been through the wash and are potentially destroyed or have only been hand washed and are potentially not cleaned as thoroughly

StarlightLady · 06/08/2023 06:57

I’ve seen them in charity shops, but personally no.

Frenchfancy · 06/08/2023 07:13

Yes, and I have.

Bras in my size cost ££ I can't just pick one up for £5 from Primark. I've bought bikini's too.

Missey85 · 06/08/2023 11:28

I've got second hand bras it doesn't bother me, l wouldn't wear 2nd hand knickers though

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