The island had a name before it had a resort, and the name came from a shipwreck. In 1878 a Spanish brig called the Providencia ran aground here carrying a cargo of coconuts; the settlers along Lake Worth salvaged them and planted them, and within a few years the shore was lined with palms. People started calling the place Palm Beach. Before any of that the Jaega people had lived along these waters for centuries, and a scattering of pioneers grew pineapples and tended the new palm groves. It was a quiet frontier coast — until the tracks came south.
Today Palm Beach is a small barrier island of about nine thousand residents that still keeps its season, its Mediterranean arcades, and its grand hotels along the Atlantic. Its story runs from a wreck full of coconuts to Flagler's railroad to Mizner's red-tile dream, and the ‘Palm Beach look’ it invented now turns up far from the island itself. Our Palm Beach designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the history. This is Flagler's paradise on the Atlantic.
Why People Visit Palm Beach
Palm Beach offers refined culture beside an easy ocean shoreline. Visitors pair the Flagler and Mizner heritage with museum galleries, gardens, and a quiet bike path along the water. It is polished, historic, and relaxed in pace, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. The vintage Gilded Age glamour is evergreen, drawing architecture lovers and vintage-resort enthusiasts from well beyond the small island, and history and everyday island life sit side by side here in a welcoming way.
