The fashion industry wants women to wear bras again - but is underwire the answer?

From Charli xcx and Rihanna to Victoria’s Secret and Prada catwalks, the fashion industry is keen to move on from the comfy, wire-free bras popularized in lockdown It’s a trend that might have been expected to be kept under the radar – or at least under a T-shirt.

But high fashion’s recent endorsement of underwire bras could not have been more visible. This fashion month, underwear as outerwear was omnipresent on catwalks, with underwire bras in red and…