I hope that someone out there is able to help me. I can't count he number of bras that I have had to throw away before they are properly "worn - out". The problem is that the 'bones" or wires come out and bite me!
I have tried sewing over the ends and also applying a patch over the end and so far no luck. I can't wear those without bones, they don't seem to have the same support. I hope that someone out there has the answer as I know that I am not alone with this problem. Many thanks.
By lesley from UK
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Try putting a bit of a heavy fabric like denim or toweling over the end of the wire. Glue it in place with a glue gun or washer safe glue. I also have had that happen and this works for me.
Moleskin with a stick on back works wonders. Cut a piece just a burn bigger than the hole, peel of backing and press for a few seconds and you're done! DO NOT wash bras in a washing machine unless alone in garment bag on cold water. Otherwise hand wash.
I've fixed bras this way and then the wires poke through the moleskin.
Or the moleskin comes off in the wash :/
Push the wire back in then sew that area with needle and thread. Then put the mole skin on and put a wider and longer piece then needed. And wash in a garment bag.
I have had this problem so many times over the years...finally came up with a working idea..I cut a small square of felt to match the bra and cover the hole & wire with the felt...it the wire has lost it's protective coating on the tip, I use a folded over patch of felt...
Have the same problem, find it frustrating. I may have come up with a solution. Sew 4 faux leather tabs across the casing under the arms and across the center piece (approx. 1 inch in length and the width of the casing. Easier perhaps to work with a slightly larger piece then trim off excess. I had a piece of beige faux leather and I tried it on a new bra I made. I have a hunch it will work. Hasn't poked out yet.
I feel like I should not have to be doing anything to an expensive bra that I just bought. I do wash my bras in a mesh bag and hang them up to dry. However, that must not be the trick because the underwire still pokes thru.
Frankly, I regard underwire bras as medieval instruments of torture! I have had good luck with the Platex 18-hour bras. Unfortunately, after a while, any bra gets stretched out and adjusting the straps or using the next row of eyes no longer works.
Mine is a Victoria secret bra and yes I was measured and yes I still have a wire poking me!!!!!
If your Victoria's Secret bra has a wire poking out, take it back and get a replacement. I have done this any time one of my expensive bras has popped a wire.
Honestly, you should dispose of your bra by this point. I work at Victoria's Secret and I'm the bra specialist, so I have a broad knowledge of bras & bras do stretch over time. Yes, a women should be measured every 6 months due to the fact of body change even if you don't notice a change. Well we can just say changes are always happening. lol. But what can prevent your bra wires from protruding sooner is the care of the bra. It is an extremely important part of lasting bras?
All bras should be hand washed (cold) and set out to dry, or use a lingerie bag in the washer by its self with cold water and set out to dry as well. Never use hot water or the dryer because it will shrink your garments. Don't fold over your bra cups that may put craters in the cup and possibly damage the wire as well.
I know I may not have exactly answered your question but next time you purchase it will make your bra last longer and you won't have to deal with those protruding underwires. Essentially it is the washer making them pop out.also wearing the wrong size can create this problem as well and be extremely painful. Hopefully in the long run this is helpful.
THE UNDERWIRES POKE OUT OF SOME AT 1 week. I am not disposing of a bra, that I wore twice, it can not be worn out yet. when paying $20-50 for a 42DD bra that is hard to find.
My daughter just bought me a Victoria's secret bra about a month ago, wires are poking on all sides. My problem is I don't have the receipt, however they had to order my size. Any ideas on what I can do to get this worked out?
The answers that people are giving are great, but for me I only had my new bra for about 2 weeks and only wore it 3 times, before the under my right arm started to pinch. This is not a wore out bra. I have the right size as well.
When I purchased this Maidenform bra, and tried it on it was one of the first bra's that really did fit me. The straps wheren't fall off my arms, so I know it fit. So even the right size bra does this. There has to be someone out there working in this industry that will really look at this, I work in retail type setting, and I don't get to dress up much, but wearing undergarments that makes me feel sexy is something I can do.
It isn't for anyone else but me. When you feel good about yourself that is all that matters. If you are struggling throughtout the day because you are being poked by your underclothing, it sucks.
They need to spend an extra few cents and make the end of the wires rounded so they don't cut through the fabric of the bras. Problem is when you're big chested you don't have the option to boycott bra's until they make them right.
Hi, have read all the comments and answers. We have this same issue in SA and currently working on a solution to this problem (side boning). I am the technologist for lingerie. Here are three possible solutions/options we are trying on our products.
If bra wires poke out, the casing has shrunk. Once that happens, the wires fit tighter and then they start to protrude. Follow wash care instructions. The stitches per inch on the channeling must be between 12-14. The closer the stitching the less likely it will poke out. Also here again, use very closer weave tubular channeling and ensure that the wire play is between 1cm -1.3cm from the bartack. good luck!
Hope this helps!
Lynette Marie
As a bra "technologist" (who knew there was such a profession?) please suggest to the manufacturers that they should have the wire manufactured with a hole through the center. A few stiches through the hole AND the fabric at the bottom of the cup should solve the problem.
If you have a hole through the center (turning the underwire into a tube, if I understand you correctly) that would make it easier to snap the underwire in half, which also happens to me.
I thought the poster meant having a hole at the center/middle of a flat "rocker" underwire. That way you could stitch the rocker directly to the bra so that the end is less likely to poke through the end...
My bra is brand new worn 2 times and I suffered all day with the wire poking me under the arm. No wonder I normally where a wife free bra
1)If this is an issue with most folk who wear underwire bra's - WHY hasn't this issue been rectified?
2)Is this an issue that only us ladies with larger breasts are having?
3)Are smaller breasted women having this same problem?
4) Somewhere down the list a lady suggested having the under wires with a small hole in each end and have it stitched into the bra. Could this be an easy option? As it seems so easy I don't know why someone hasn't though of it before.
5) Many have mentioned their underwires poking through and being stabbed by them, either under the arm or like me mostly in the center, *(which is down right painful and at times embarrassing)* But and this is the question, how can the wires snap while your wearing them and puncture into your breast. **(extremely painful)** That bra was approx 2 months old and worn 5 to 6 times.
6) I find it easier if they are new to re-sew the seams where it pokes out, (after getting the underwire back into the correct place), I coat the ends of the existing area with fabric glue. Then stitch doubled over fabric. Something soft.
I've had bras that I've only worn 2 or 3 times and the wire pokes through, mostly the front.
Cheers
Ive tried moleskin (worked for about 1 minute) and re-stitching. Im large chested and cant wear bras without underwire. Ive had plenty of fittings but Im currently wearing the largest cup size available:( If I wasnt so huge Id gladly swap or go bra-less. The pain....
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