20 Photos of What Weddings Looked Like in the 1970s

What good is "timeless," when those bridesmaids gowns could only be from the late '70s?

Published 2 months ago in Wow

Weddings these days are out of control, with couples spending a gazillion dollars on themes and gimmicks that don't even look good. But if you think that's a new phenomenon, think again.

The 1970s were filled with ceremonies taking the decade's unique fashions to the extreme. What good is "timeless," when those bridesmaids gowns could only be from a five-year span?

Featuring the good and the bad, here are what 20 weddings looked like in the 1970s.

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At their joint wedding, 1970s.

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East Harlem, Manhattan, New York, 1970.

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“The girl to the far left may look upset because she had just been crying. She was having some issues with her boyfriend at the time, the guy standing behind her, and her brother said something to lines of, ‘he shouldn't be in the picture, they aren't even engaged,’ and she broke down. They ended up breaking up a few weeks later.”
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“My aunt and uncle.”

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Wedding in 1976.
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“My grandparents hadn’t known each other very long at all but knew marriage was what they wanted.”
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At her sister’s wedding in the late 1970s.