brassiere

One of the most intimate items in the collection is Monroe's 1950s brassiere that the auction company said had "yellowed due to age" and was inherited by Monroe's acting coach Paula Strasberg.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The film’s laughs come from empathy, not derision, when a brassiere saleswoman tut-tuts that Margaret is “not even a 32A.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023

Only when DNA technology advanced to the point where a complete genetic profile could be developed from evidence gleaned from the girl’s brassiere could a solid link be made, Detective Leah Wagner said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2020

Try wearing your black brassiere on top of your canary-yellow shantung brunch coat and get back to me.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2014

They would need nightgowns, toothbrushes, towels, but I put in crazy things in my terrified rush, Mate’s favorite earrings, the Vicks jar, a brassiere for each one.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

With ceremony, Margaret calls the date she’s going with her mother to buy her first brassieres “Bra Day.”

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2019

The exhibition traces the history of brassieres, from their development as "bust supporters" in the 1860s through their wide adoption in the early 20th century to the introduction of Lycra in the late 1950s.

From US News ● Apr. 13, 2016

But brassieres aren’t designed for us—they get loose.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2013

Similarly, those holding vehemently antifeminist beliefs considered the book an unforgivably radical text, full of screeds against everything from marital rape to — you guessed it — the tyranny of brassieres.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2013

Back in Georgia when my classmates started turning up in training brassieres, one after another, like it was a catching disease, I bobbed off my hair and vowed to remain a tomboy.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver