An independent history of the bra — and a guide to choosing one

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A small edit of current bras from long-running lines, chosen to cover every style in our guides. We don’t sell anything ourselves: the buttons take you to Amazon.co.uk or another retailer to check sizes, colours and prices.

Closed traditional shopfront painted cream with the word LINGERIE above the windows
A former lingerie and corsetry shop in Paray-le-Monial, France Photo: Benoît Prieur, CC0

14 bras

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