Bikini-Wearing Baristas Steamed, Call Exposure Limit Biased

A city law against baristas showing too much of their breasts or buttocks when they wear bikinis while preparing coffee drinks discriminates against women and violates their right to free speech, they say in a lawsuit (Edge v. City of Everett, W.D. Wash., No. 2:17-cv-01361, complaint filed 9/11/17).

The law is necessary to combat sex crimes connected to bikini barista stands, the Everett, Wash., city council said when it passed a pair of ordinances in August. The ordinances took effect Sept. 5. They amend a lewd activities law and establish a minimum dress requirement for coffee shops and ...