Bras

Lady Gracie, M&S are famously inept at bra fitting- go to a proper lingerie shop. Or even Debenhams is usually ok.

All my underwear is usually from M&S. bought a pack of briefs ( they called them shorts) yesterday from F&F because they had a pretty design! Have lots knickers - My daughters call them pants - so do I usually. Never counted how many - I use the darker ones on home days and the lighter pretty ones for going out! Don’t know why! Have 4 white cotton, no underwire bras - for every day and 3 nylon lacy ones for going out, all white. All chosen to please me. My DH seems to think I look ok whatever I wear, underneath or on top - fortunately!

Plain and simple for me. I used to buy fancy coloured sets, but the bras often didn't fit properly, made me either too flat or too floppy or spilling out.
So now I've found a bra in the size that fits properly, I've got 2 and order more when necessary.
Pants - plain white John Lewis briefs, 10 pairs.

I have hundreds of both unfortunately. I buy in hope and the bras always end up digging into me or giving me four boobs etc. I clear out regularly but am too mean to throw all newish bras too often. I've just discovered sports bras so I'll probably end up buying more of those. I have hundreds of knickers, all big and comfy. There are a few at the back of another drawer if I want to dress up but they aren't pleasant to wear! I actually went to Rigby and Peller, wasn't impressed, they recommended a bra which wasnt any better really and when I got home, they'd given me the wrong size so I sent it back. As someone else said, I love to look at the matching knickers, but they don't hold everything in!

M0nica that made me laugh. My daughter’s 3 year old is a thin child with no bottom worth mentioning and his trousers slip down all the time so she likes to match his underpants to his socks?

Black pants (lots) and flesh coloured bras (a few) - how dull! I think I’ll go and buy myself a few matching sets or at least some new ones in different colours. I wonder if DH will notice?!
Thankyou ladies for the kick up the backside!

Must be matching or at least colour matching. I have so many of each I have lost count, on the basis that your underwear should match what you are wearing, and I really go in for colours. Underwear chest of drawers is overflowing despite of recent clearout!

If you wear expensive bras - and like to have several - 40 to 60 quid for the briefs seems ridiculous I'm afraid.
Never buy the briefs - though did do so for my daughter when she forked out for a pricey bra once.

I too wear matching sets! My choice because it make me feel good....have about 10 sets with extra knickers! Many colours...very similar styles.

I’ve just had a clear out of my underwear drawer. I don’t have matching sets, but absolutely nothing in white, as they always go grey or dull so everything is either skin tone or black with the odd pretty coloured ones, so I suppose you could say they they match in a fashion!

He'll be sorry when he catches a cold, Monica

I wear pretty matching underwear, for myself, I doubt DH even notices what style or pattern my underpinnings are.

He doesn't wear vests so he would have to match his underpants to his socks or T shirt

Haha!

Do other people's DHs go in for matching vest and pants sets to look nice for us?

My weight changes so much I now have knickers in all sizes from 10 to 16. All 'big' knickers, though. Can't wear anything lacy as it makes me itch. As for bras, thankfully I don't need to wear one, so I don't most of the time. Again I've got several Genie type comfort bras but in several sizes due to my fluctuating weight. The few 'proper bras' I have are too small at the moment, but I'm working on it.

Don’t you lot not like to look nice for your husbands? It feels nice to know that what you have underneath as well as on top is appreciated

I love pretty matching underwear sets and rarely wear anything else. It is no more expensive so why have something dull and boring when you can wear something pretty.

Its none of DHs business what underwear I have. I seem to have hundreds of pants but stick with old favourites! Grey and baggy. Lovely I have several bras mostly black. Nothing exciting. If they fit that's fine by me.

Exactly Greta. My DH wouldn't notice anyway!

He like to buy me underwear, I don’t complain.

”^My husband likes me to wear matching bra and pants, hence the overstuffed drawer^”. Hildagard, are you serious? Does he actually have a say in your choice of underwear? And does he wear matching underpants and vests? I am intrigued.

I went to be measured for a bra a couple of years ago, it was at M & S, I was measured, tried on a few that the assistant chose, none fitted very well, she then said they had none to fit me! I hate wearing them but have to as what little I do have droop without!

A few years back I saw a bra collection box in a local hospital and donated a few that were either too small or not quite up to the job. I'm not sure if it was one of these, but there are several ways to recycle underwear and we are currently looking at some for our local library. Can't recommend any in particular, but we have so far looked at Against Breast Cancer which collects old bras for recycling by small businesses in Africa. They get £1 for every kilo of bras towards their work in the UK and they help recondition bras for women in countries where new bras are too costly to produce. There's a map of collection points and you can get a box for your workplace. The other one we are looking at is a Scottish charity, Smalls for All which collects pants for people in slums, orphanages and camps in Africa. There are other charities of course.

What even with a sore throat wildswan