Wired or non-wired that is the question?

Any 'lightly' worn bras will be gratefully accepted by a wonderful charity called Smalls for All. I can't post a link as their site seems to be down. I'm sure google will help.

Smalls for All is a Scottish Charity which collects and distributes underwear to help women and children in Africa. We help those living in orphanages, slums, IDP camps and schools, as well as providing underwear to hospitals to help those suffering from medical conditions.

They accept new pants and as previously mentioned lightly worn bras. I've sent many parcels over the last few years. The best bit is telling the very po faced male assistant in the post office whats in the parcel when he asks. :-)

Triumph Doreen for me. I still have a drawer full of wired ones though. I think Oxfam will accept them for sending to Africa, but I could be out of date on that one. Must check.....

Wired all the way courtesy M&S

If wires are sticking in then you're not wearing the right size. I had a business years ago and we sold underwired maternity and nursing bras from the US and they were fine as we fitted properly!

Get thee to a proper bra fitter!!

The breast unit nurses in my area strongly recommend that no-one wears a wired bra because of the damage the wires can do to the delicate internal breast tissues as well as pinching and bruising the skin. I have found the unwired bras from M&S very good.

A couple of months ago I purchased what I thought was a fabulous underwired(plastic) bra (size 42b). Beautiful colour rich Plum shade. Wore it for a few weeks washing it regularly thinking it may soften, it didn't. Ended up in front of my GP complaining of breast pains and worried sick. Advised not to wear underwired bras, breast tissue is easily bruised. Since changing to non-wired, no further problems.

I have ordered 2 very pretty ‘bralets’ from M&S, which I shall pick up today. The reviews from ‘more mature’ ladies have said that they are really comfortable, so I shall let you know. ☺️

I find non wired bras really uncomfortable.
The under strap (can't think of a better word at the moment) always rolls up. Guess that I've got the wrong shaped rib cage.

For the days when my disability prohibits the wearing of a bra I now wear the soft sports bras. Not that I do anything sporty they are just more comfortable. As a lade of big proportions I was sure at first but I get enough support to ensure no black eyes if I do need to chase a Gs. I get mine in Sainsbury so cheap as well

Saggi some of us definitely do need to wear a bra. If I didn't wear a bra, I wouldn't be able to stand up straight! It's so much more uncomfortable, when your heavy breasted, to go without the support of a well fitting bra.

A slight digression I know, but this thread has just reminded me of a remark from another inmate of my maternity ward (nearly 37 years ago now).... she was complaining about a nurse manhandling a boob in an attempt to get the newborn to feed....." and I don't like my breasts touched at the best of times.." I've often wondered what those 'best of times' were - the Queen's Jubilee, an office party, Christmas with the in-laws????

Wired tee shirt bras for me so smooth lines in clothes and no nips showing

I can't be the only person who cannot now wear a bra because of having a lumpectomy due to breast cancer! I tried but due to the 2 totally different cup sizes needed found if one boob fitted, the other was either exploding out of the cup or flopping around with masses of room to spare! I thought about just padding out that side but found that bra seams etc. just rubbed on the scar tissue.

Result is I now have a rapidly aging multi coloured selection of 'secret support' cotton camisoles but they are very difficult to track down. I got my first ones 10yrs ago from Lands End but they don't sell them any more, Boden did them for a season several years ago and they are still very comfy (I look after them very well!). The latest have come from good old M&S but WHY don't more manufacturers make them? We all know that breast cancer will affect 1 woman in 9, so what do all the other survivors out there wear?

I have loathed bras since my mother first forced me to wear one at 16.... (which by the way I didn’t need). To be quite honest I still don’t need one! Never have. None of us do. Invented by the fashionistas to shove our tits up round our necks. I’m 68 and haven’t worn one since reading ‘the Beauty Myth’ by Naomi Woolf. Burn it or throw it away. Not wearing bras hasn’t stopped me from being married 45 years and getting two kids and two grandkids. Freedom women...freedom!

Love the 'chesticles' day six ?

I started a thread about bras a year or so ago and the posts are much the same - we ladies are still having problems with I'll fitting bras even after being measured. I have tried wired and non wired, cheap and expensive and am still struggling to find a nice bra which gives a nice shape AND comfortable! Each to their own - if you find one make that suits, just stick to it

I like wired though I go braless in the on holiday & summer. My biggest embarrassment was when one of my M&S "chicken fillets"accidentally fell out while I was conducting the school choir. A pupil simply picked it up , handed it to me saying"you dropped this,Miss'

Always wired from M&S - never a problem!

Always non-wired, but I'm 38A. Mostly the cups are far too big and I look like the cow with the crumpled horn on one side ( it's a nursery rhyme). I divest myself of my bra at every opportunity, but it can be embarrassing if I answer the door and haven't put something loose on to disguise my droopers.

Not about bras, but "Fillerina" - an expensive product claiming to be a DIY alternative to fillers. Could the admins put this in the right place, please? And if you've tried this, I'd be really interested in your comments.

Wired and always have been . At least sinceI began buying my own bras

Nanny41
Shhh...discrete = separate.
It's discreet. ?

M&S allegedly use a particular underwire that is guaranteed not to 'poke through' the bra seam.
It was mentioned in a 2015? article in the Daily Fail.
I rang M&S who confirmed that it had been using those underwires since 2013.

Wired because of ff cup size. If your bra is the correct size and fitted properly the wires shouldn't cause problems

Worn non-wired for decades, wires always seemed to be sticking out of bra previously after washing - and more comfortable, especially after boobs shrank post-breastfeeding