White wedding dress, full length satin gown with train cut into back, 3/4 length sleeves with guipure lace inserts, lace edged hem. Made by Mrs Mcluckie, Coffs Harbour, 1978.

Dress worn by Kim Hooper at her wedding to Maurice Neil Bird at St John’s Anglican Church, Coffs Harbour, on 9 September 1978. 

Kim chose her bridal dress from a women’s magazine and Mrs Mcluckie created it from the photograph. All Kim’s girl friends went to Mrs Mcluckie, who had a home tailoring business in Azalea Avenue, to have their wedding dresses made. In those days brides or their mothers made their dress as there were no bridal shops in Coffs Harbour.