Victoria's Secret Bras Cause Rashes and Welts

Model Heidi Klum walks the runway at the 2007 Victoria's Secret fashion show held at the Kodak Theatre on November 15, 2007 in Hollywood, California. The show will be broadcast December 4, 2007 on CBS. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images Entertainment)

VS Angels Secret Embrace bra.
Victoria's Secret has built a reputation on making lingerie that is sexy, stylish and comfortable, but that ideal may be tested as of recent reports. According to ABC, some VS consumers have complained about itching, redness, rashes, hives, and permanent scarring from wearing the Angels Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme Me Push-Up bras they bought.


Roberta Ritter is one of them:

I had the welts ... very red, hot to the touch, extremely inflamed, blistery. It itched profusely. I couldn't sleep, waking up itching. I was just utterly sick.

Ritter filed a lawsuit against them in May, and now some attorneys are filing a class action suit as well.

What's the problem? According to TMZ, tests have shown that the bras have tested positive for formaldehyde, which is used in the embalming process to preserve human remains. Ew. Victoria's Secret came back with this statement:

Millions of women love Victoria's Secret bras. We have strict quality controls around our products, and we do not use formaldehyde in our bras. Customer safety and satisfaction are always our primary concerns, and we take very seriously any issues our customers may have with our products.

If this is the case, why did they test positive? Why would anyone EVER want to use formaldehyde in their bras? It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

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