Wedding Fashion - 1974

 

From June 1974,Wendy O'Toole, and the nieces Lulu and Laura show what the well-dressed wedding team are wearing in 1974. And it sympathy with the austere times, the bride's gown is recycled from a freshly laundered tablecloth, and the flowergirls are wearing a repuposed pair of grannies curtains.

Bonus - Laver's Law

From the Wikipedia entry on James Laver and his "law" of the public's attitude toward fashion :

• Indecent 10 years before its time
• Shameless 5 years before its time
• Outré (Daring) 1 year before its time
• Smart 'Current Fashion'
• Dowdy 1 year after its time
• Hideous 10 years after its time
• Ridiculous 20 years after its time
• Amusing 30 years after its time
• Quaint 50 years after its time
• Charming 70 years after its time
• Romantic 100 years after its time
• Beautiful 150 years after its time