I was surprised (!) when the package arrived to find that this beautiful bra had underwires. The fabric is so wonderful, and the bra's extremely attractive. However, underwire bras dig into my ribcage to the point that I won't ever wear one a second time. After TRYING to endure this bra for an hour, my first thought was to return it. Then another solution came to mind: on the inside under both arms, I made small slits in the fabric covering the underwires and simply threaded them out. Voila - I'm delighted with the resulting "wire-free" version of this gorgeous garment.