Miami Beach

Mores Over Miami (Beach)

This vintage print was hung in our room. From the collection of the Miami Library, it shows four women of years past mocking a sign that sternly warns that "full bathing suits" are required. The laughing woman on the right is -- oh my gosh! -- threatening to take down her left strap! And the woman next to her, under the sign, has -- gasp! -- untied her ties and completely bared her upper chest! Heavens! Such naughties!

Well, it's good to know that strict clothing mores are still enforced to this day in South Beach, as evidenced by the following selection of photographs (Click on any thumbnail to see the full-sized image below -- the first is already displayed):