Lingerie Care - Washing Bras

"When I said 'I do' I didn't mean laundry."  Anon

Washing

According to the Internet, which has become the voice of the Almighty, the average woman owns nine bras and wears only six of them.  That would be one at a time we imagine.  Additionally, women worldwide spend around $16 million annually on bras.  That comes to about $92 per woman per year if  half the population is female and every one of those females is purchasing bras.  I know that my three month old granddaughter has not yet purchased her first bra so the above information is totally useless except to validate math teachers around the world who claimed that someday math would prove to be important to our lives.

Rinsing

This leads us to a word about the care of the $16 million worth of bras.  The word is, hand wash.  And it's not really that difficult to do.  I started the whole process of hand washing my bras with a tote placed in one of my sinks.  You could also wash your bras directly in the sink,

Next I added my favorite delicate fabric wash, Forever New.  I love the fragrance.  One of my friends said she doesn't like Forever New because of the fragrance.  Whatever.  After the Forever New is dissolved in a bit of hot water fill the container or sink with COLD water.  Then add the bras, swish them around, and allow them to soak undisturbed for 5 to 10 minutes while you go off and write the great American novel or clean the grout in your shower.

Happily Drying

After the allotted soak time rinse until the water in the sink or tote is clear.  I then gently squeeze each bra, place them onto a clean, fluffy towel, and softly roll the towel, gently squeezing out a little more water.  Finally, I hang my freshly washed bra onto my Bra-tique to dry.  On a particularly sunny day (we're in the middle of a drought) I hung the Bra-tique on a hook at the back of the house.  You could also hang the Bra-tique back to the location from whence it came.

Note:  I own eleven bras and regularly wear five.  One at a time.  You can purchase your own Bra-tique for however many bras you own on ETSY.  Search word, bratique.  A website is on the way!

Storage - The Ultimate Undie Organizer

"Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is."  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Before Bra-tique

So maybe you do know where your underwear is and it looks like this!  Hang on.  We're hear to help.

Although there are many ways to correctly store your precious bras and panties and avoid a mess, most of these storage methods require time to fold or stack or set your undies just so in order to give them the best of care.  And so millions of women simply toss panties into drawers.  Bras oftentimes get even less respect as they're hung over doorknobs or bedposts or, horror of horrors, stuffed into a drawer where they become a terrible tangle.

This in-the-drawer storage method is hard on costly undies.  Worse yet, a bra doesn't have the benefit of airing out between uses if it's confined to a drawer.  Selecting bras from a tangle also slows things down in the morning when it's time to get dressed for the day.  Solution?  Bra-tique!

With Bra-tique all your panties can be folded, rolled, and slipped into one of the panty pockets, while your bras will happily hang straight and free.  So unless you have time to hand-wash your bra after every wearing, which is not recommended, we suggest a Bra-tique as the ideal way to give your undies a long and happy life!

With Bra-tique!

The Bra-tique on the right holds eight (count them) eight bras and a dozen pairs of panties.  You'll have to trust us on the number of panties because they're neatly tucked into panty pockets, sticking up just a bit so you can select the correct color to co-ordinate with your bra and your outfit of the day.  Needless to say, this is not my collection of undies.  All of my panties are beige.

This Bra-tique in the picture is also hung from a magnetic hook because the picture was taken on Mary's lovely front door.  Mary is the best when it comes to choosing colors to give a lovely accent to the inside and outside of her home and this colorful door proved to be just the place to photograph any number of Bra-tiques.  There are rumors, however, going around Mary's neighborhood about the woman with the teal front door who keeps hanging underwear on it for all the world to see.  Go, Mary!

In order to avoid such notoriety we suggest that you hang your Bra-tique on the back of your closet or bedroom door.  Or you can use the two grommets and hang the Bra-tique on hooks on a wall.  Don't you just love choices!