Thank goodness it wasn’t the panties.
A woman who splurged on two sexy Victoria’s Secret bras wound up covered with an itchy, blistering red rash – caused by formaldehyde in the bras, her lawsuit charges.
Roberta Ritter, 37, sued the sexy lingerie chain after becoming “utterly sick” from her new Angels Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme Me Push-Up bras. The rash was “red hot to the touch, burning and itching,” Ritter, from Cleveland, told The Post.
“It was the type of thing that keeps you up at night.”
Ritter, a cosmetic chemist and occasional Cher impersonator, sued Victoria’s Secret in May, and quickly learned she was not suffering alone.
A lab test of Victoria’s Secret bras like hers came back positive for the presence of formaldehyde, the suit says.
Her lawyer, John Climaco, has filed a motion to give Ritter’s suit class-action status. He told The Post he’s “been inundated with more than 200 phone calls” from victims.
“It may not be something [Victoria’s Secret] is specifying to be put in their bras, but somehow it’s making its way into the manufacturing process,” fellow attorney Dawn Chmielewski told ABC News.
Victoria’s Secret admitted it had complaints about its bras from “a small number” of consumers. But a spokeswoman said, “We have strict quality controls around our products, and we do not use formaldehyde in our bras.”