Would you like nipples with that? Lunch with a side of (side)boob

Lisa Mayoh got a bit more than she bargained for at her Mother’s Day lunch. Perky and poking through white T-shirts … there they were ... nipples as far as the eye could see.

Bras are optional … but perhaps more so on the couch on a rainy Sunday, says Lisa Mayoh.

We went out for a lovely Mother’s Day last weekend and I got something I didn’t order with my lunch – a large serving of nipples.

Nipples as far as the eye could see. Perky and poking through white T-shirts no less, as beautiful braless servers offered us a lot more than menus.

And before you ask, no, we weren’t at Hooters, we were at an “aesthetic” restaurant on the northern beaches, as my 12-year-old noted on our way in.

We didn’t know where to look – well I didn’t anyway.

For the men in the room, it was like all their Mother’s Days had come at once.

But let me preface this by saying I’m no prude.

Miley Cyrus is a big fan of the free the nipple campaigns.

Going braless is quite the trend and of course, oh so comfy – but on the couch cuddling the dogs.

With our food? On a sunny Sunday by the sea, with our kids? No thanks.

Then it was off to Fashion Week I went, and again, bras were optional – but that’s farshunnnn, darling, and you’d expect it there.

Whether it was cute teeny tiny little boobies or big, bouncing breasts, down the runway they came – where the female form was truly celebrated, silks draping in all the right places as women walked with pride.

Outside, influencers did the same.

One woman though, celebrated the bra, wearing it over her barely there top, paired with tiny panties that left little to the imagination.

Bras were in short supply on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week. Picture: Getty Images

But would you wear it to work? Picture: Getty Images

It was like she was making a statement against clothing, at the very place designed to honour it.

To me, fashion is an opportunity to reflect your personality, and showing who you are on the inside by what you choose to wear on the outside is a powerful tool, and Fashion Week was the perfect place to do just that.

Statements were being made wherever you looked, and most of them were fabulous.

Jaw-dropping vintage pieces. Enviable new collection pieces and styling that looked like it was straight from the pages of Vogue.

Barely there on the catwalk. Picture: Getty Images

Sideboob alert! Picture: Matrix

But … there were some misses, where the statement was so loud it lost its meaning among the braless throng.

But if new age young women have the confidence to flaunt it, well who am I to judge?

Would I do the same? No.

Would I want my daughters to do the same? Absolutely not.

So maybe I am judging.

Maybe I’m showing my age — and maybe I’m OK with that.

There are certain things I wouldn’t wear to work, for example. Short skirts. Strapless tops. Sneakers.

And there are certain things I don’t want with my lunch — nipples come to mind.

It’s a fine line between comfort and creativity and we may all be treading it in stilettos trying not to fall – but at least some of us will have our bras on.

Now, who’s hungry?