Why millennials are going braless

“Going braless is as old as feminism but it seems to be bubbling to the surface more recently as a direct response to Third Wave moments like #freethenipple, increased trans-visibility like Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover … and Lena Dunham’s show Girls (which features young girls often without bras),” says Allure’s Fashion Director Rachael Wang, via email.

Wang says that waifish supermodels have long gone braless, but “where I have seen a shift is in street style and on bloggers and celebrities who are wearing slip dresses and crop tops without undergarments or with no-wire meant-to-be-seen lacy bralettes.”