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• n  an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

• That's the agenda behind all the bra-size propaganda you're hearing.
• Scientists in Hong Kong have discovered there's a better way to build a bra.
• Kyoko never goes out without her 24-carat diamond ring; Mika has her G-cup bras custom-made (they won't confirm or deny plastic surgery).

• brassiere
• bandeau

News & Articles

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• Bra Boutiques Bloom as Big Bazongas Bewilder the Bamboobled!
  Strapping in for the long haul. (Photo by Vecchio/Three Lions/Getty Images) As a young woman, one of the most memorable coming-of-age moments is being taken to get your first bra: equal parts mortifying and thrilling, it’s one of those prepubescent rites that most adults wouldn’t care to repeat. And yet a colleague and I recently found ourselves re-enacting a scene from Judy Blume in the ...
  June 11, 2013 - The New York Observer
• Police: Pa. wedding guest stole, hid loot in bra
  A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with stealing money from cards brought to a wedding reception she was attending — and trying to hide the loot in her bra.
  June 11, 2013 - Fox News
• Justin Bieber Tweets Picture Of Bra Onstage, Notes How Fans Have Grown Up
  Justin Bieber got a bra thrown at him onstage at a concert this weekend, so the 19-year-old pop singer handled it the best way he knows how — sharing a picture with the world. The social media savvy singer tweeted a pic of the beige-colored bra onstage while in the background thousands of girls threw [...] Justin Bieber Tweets Picture Of Bra Onstage, Notes How Fans Have Grown Up is a post from ...
  June 10, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Adriana Lima in Boston Herald
  I always wanted to wear the Fantasy Bra. It's the first time that Victoria's Secret makes a black diamond bra,Lima said. "A woman could definitely buy it if they love it and men too."
• Betty Friedan in Seattle Times
  Don't get into the bra-burning, anti-man, politics-of-orgasm school,Friedan told a college audience in 1970.
• Margaret Chan in CTV.ca
  You know when I'm reading a script, I don't stop at something like that. I don't think `oh oh.' I just kind of go with the flow. But of course the day before, you're like `tomorrow I'm in my panties and my bra.' Oh, that's a weird day at the... Hilary Swank http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Swank&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF3yIWk68pdK0XW6Vw6wJaSQHG_Ew Kansas City Star http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kansascity.com/412/story/407479.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEMp8vnfd87kSVPKPtOGP9RobPvKw Dec 17, 2007 12182 16698 brace Each and every one of these deaths is tragic and we have to brace ourselves to see more," Chan warned. "However, we do not expect to see a sudden and dramatic front in the number of severe or fatal infections."