‘I feel more comfortable in my body’ … Kathryn Bromwich, pictured in Cervia, Italy, July 2024.Photograph: Courtesy of Kathryn Bromwich I still remember getting my first bra. It was soft, white cotton ...

Millie Bright jumped up and down, testing willpower and strength between pristine white kitchen drawers filled with cutlery and dog kibble. A change of direction. Left, right, a rogue jumping jack.

I remember going to get measured for my first bra in the 1990s. It was in Marks and Spencer, of course, the retailer has had a firm hold on that particular market for decades, and I absolutely cringed ...