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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Meguire Hennes

Stylish Women Know the Peekaboo Bra Trend Is More Ladylike Than It Seems—Just Ask Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa attended a Bulgari event in Milan dressed in a peekaboo bra dress from Balmain.

Think of the peekaboo bra trend, and itty-bitty bustiers from Sydney Sweeney and Kim Kardashian paint a provocative picture. (They almost always hold on by a thread.) But at a Bulgari event in Milan last night, Dua Lipa's custom Balmain dress proved the trend can level up in a ladylike direction.

Lipa's stylist, Lorenzo Posocco, dressed the "Levitating" singer a shoulder-padded, long-sleeve gown from Balmain's Fall 2026 runway. It featured a wrapped, robe-style bodice, but the rounded neckline remained purposefully loose. That way, her purple bra and its silky slip knot earned a proper close-up.

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