Hippie? Dear Lord no. These were big, Catholic Church weddings...extravaganzas of color and pagentry. Big families require big wedding parties...and in the early 80s the 'rainbow' theme was big (at least in Western PA). You found a dress that looked good on absolutely NO body type, and then you selected a different color for each bridemaid/attendant. My hair is auburn so I got green. Twice. One was a minty, peasanty affair, the other was a slightly more crayonny green, Supreme/girl group wannabe dress. There was the pink and silver one (mentioned above...sequins get very, very hot by the way); and a peachy floral that I actually liked, but they made us all get our hair done (together) and we got these weird little flowers stuck in our hair. What can I say...it was the 80s.