The micro bikinis trace their modern roots back to the 1970s era, at the Venice Beach in California right after a law banning nudity was passed. As the law prohibited nude bathing, beach bums started designing and donning tiny bathing suits that reveal as much as possible yet comply with what the new law stated. Not long after, the trend got picked up by non-Venice Beach regulars and became a staple to the bikini scene until now.
