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New replacement elastic straps!

Elastic straps on any bra are the first to give up the ghost, they literally do all the heavy lifting! Because ours are strips of natural rubber knitted into cotton, they age differently to conventional nylon elastic which tends to...

Mar 31, 2021

How long does a bra last?

This is the age old question! A very clever (male) friend asked me, when I launched this bra, if it would start breaking down if someone wore it lying on damp grass for a period of time. His fear was, because...

Mar 08, 2021

Meet the Maker series - Mandy the miracle elastic maker!

In 2016, when I first started working on The Very Good Bra, sourcing 100% compostable materials was my full time job. Of all the materials, elastic was the toughest. Elastic is pretty much all made of nylon/plastic and trawling the...

Mar 05, 2021

What does the bra look like under a white T Shirt?

This is an oft-asked question! It's mostly asked about Vintage Peach which is more of a neutral, so we did take some shots on our recent shoot, under a white singlet and T shirt. Whilst there are seams at the...

Feb 03, 2021

Why are our eco undies unique?

There's a lot of eco-undies out there on the market, which is great. It's easier to make undies as they're so simple you can almost make them yourself, not like bras which you almost need a PhD to make! So why...