Old Bras?

@LifeGuru (922)
Canada
May 4, 2012 3:53pm CST
What do you do with your old bras??? Do you throw them out even if you've spent a lot on them? Do you donate them? I'd love to hear what you did with your old unwanted bras! My situation is complicated, every year when I was in high school obviously I grow out of my bras since I fill in etc. Now that I'm at my max peak of size... I don't know what to do with the old ones. I can't really sell them due to hygienic reasons. o.o
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12 responses
5 May 12
I don't like throwing away my pretty ones that I spent a lot of money on, since some of them are really cute. Like, i don't use my purple one with tiny black stars on it, but i still keep it because its so pretty. The boring ones that no longer are in my use, i usually give them away to my maid or something. There really isn't anything that can be done with old bras, im afraid :S
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@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
5 May 12
Basically I am a person who don't like wasting. I want to do something good for our environment. However, as to the old bras, I really don't have a good idea how to deal with it. And I have to throw it away. Since they are underwear, so they can't be recycled. I love China
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 May 12
I wear them until they are rags to be honest. I don't really go out much so I really only wear two bras. One for work and one for when I am out. These get washed about three times a week with my work clothes and my few outfits that I wear when I do go out. When they get to the point where they are raggedy and the clasps won't close anymore, that is when I throw them out.
@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
5 May 12
I use my bras til they can't be used no more!!!! I have those underwire ones, and I wear them to the point where the wires are sticking out and they're poking me in the boobs - ha ha!! It's not even worth giving them to anyone second hand (I doubt a thrift shop of any sort would take them in). No way a charity would take them. So I simply throw them out (can't see anyone using them as rags - ha ha - but you if you know any uses for worn out bras, let me know!).
@allknowing (130066)
• India
5 May 12
We had received several bras items as gifts for our wedding and down the years they kept adding. As long as I had help I would polish them at regular intervals and place them for viewing in my hall. But now with limited help this became impossible. I have sold all of them now.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
5 May 12
i think my old bras are already gone hehe i just put them all in a bag, so either my mom donate them, or give it to my cousins. i had a bra before which was small for me so i gave it to my cousin. now that cousin of mine is bigger than me now heheehe. i have bought some bras lately, i still keep the old ones. this is a good discussion, now i don;t know what to do with them.
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
5 May 12
Usually I toss them out. However, my daughter put her Victoria Secret ones in a yard sale we had and they sold like hot cakes without a single dicker on price! I think she had them for about $5. I have some regular kind (Maidenform) and I am going to put the in the yard sale this summer for a buck. If they dont' sell...I'll trash them.
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
4 May 12
I usually just throw mine away. It just seems easier that way. I don't think many people like using old bras. They would much rather buy new ones and so I don't donate them.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
4 May 12
I have sold some that didn't fit me right, etc. But the ones I use most are usually too worn out to give away, I like them so much I use them til they fall apart. I don't go out and buy new ones just cause I'm tired of them. But if they don't fit right and someone else might get some use out of them I will try to either resell or give away.
• United States
4 May 12
I throw mine away because by the time I am done with them they are either torn in places from constant washing, turning grimy from just a lot of use, or losing the spasticity, because of the use as well. I am big too so I do have to spend a lot on bras to get one that fits, feels good, and looks good. Be hard to donate...I think the trash is probably the best place.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
4 May 12
Where I live, there are usually some "sale" kind of thing which some brands make. that if you return your old bra (no matter what condition it is in), you're gonna get a price reduction on a new one. I usually use that opportunity. Or if if there isn't any thing like this going on, I just throw them out.
• United States
4 May 12
No no selling thats gross just trash them i know it seems like a waist of money but you are actually supposed to switch bras every few months or they actually stop helping