A federal judge recently ruled in favor of a bikini barista stand in Washington state, striking down a dress code that required them to cover up.
Quick service workers were required to cover their upper and lower bodies in order to work in the city. Hillbilly Hotties and several of its employees challenged the rule, arguing that the outfits are a way of self-expression and that the rule violated First Amendment rights.
The Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. and Washington state constitutions were found to have been violated by the city of Seattle.
A 19-page ruling issued by the U.S. District Judge explains that the ordinance was partially shaped by a gender based discrimination purpose.
There was an adverse impact on female workers at bikini barista stands as a result of this law. Evidence shows that the bikini barista profession is almost entirely female. It's hard to imagine how this would be applied to men and women.
Midriff and scoop-back shirts, as well as bikinis, are not allowed in the city.
At some point law enforcement will be asked to measure exposure of skin by some method if the owners of bikini barista stands aren't willing to enforce the dress code. The search encourages a humiliating, intrusive, and demoralizing search on women.
Within 14 days, the city must meet with the people who are in the lawsuit.
The bikini barista stand challenged the city's lewd conduct law, which expanded the definition of a lewd act to include exposing more than one-half of the female breast located below the areola. It was a crime to allow lewd conduct.
All of the barista's claims were dismissed by the court.
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