The trend started gaining traction on the fall 2025 runways: at Miu Miu, the bra tops came coyly layered under knit cardigans, while Givenchy’s colorful, satiny bras were paired with elegant embroidered skirts. With thick straps and luxe-feeling fabrics, the styles are true statement pieces, designed to peek out from under a favorite jacket or hit the town with jeans or dress trousers.
Soon enough, the tops had made their way onto celebrities—even as temperatures dropped. In October, Kylie Jenner was spotted in Paris wearing a blue bra top with black trim, a gingham pencil skirt, and an oversized black blazer. (The effect was to make her prim-and-proper staples feel a bit more youthful and flirty.) Jenner’s older sister Kim Kardashian also rocked a bra top this fall, but in lilac and under a faux fur shawl. And then there were the Brits, like Lily Allen and FKA twigs, who took their itty-bitty bra tops to the red carpet—twigs wearing one in tough leather, Allen opting for angelic white satin.
A number of celebrities have also made the bra top suit…well, their suiting. Tessa Thompson wore a red bra top with a matching skirt suit in New York; and Jessica Biel transformed a black suit from office-appropriate to going-out-worthy with her top. That’s really the beauty of the trend: even the most buttoned-up outfit can suddenly feel fun. And what ever happened to fun?!
