Calling all spring 2025 brides!
During the first week of April, independent wedding dress designers and global bridal brands alike debuted their newest collections at New York’s Luxury Bridal Fashion Week. The biggest trends of the season continued to prove the bridal market’s closely linked relationship with its ready-to-wear counterpart.
From ’60s-nostalgia to the dramatic, trailing neck scarves, there was plenty of crossover between the fall 2024 runways and the latest bridal fashions.
Here, WWD breaks down seven key ways to incorporate a high-fashion look at the alter.
Drop Waists
Monique Lhuillier
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Arguably the biggest trend of the spring 2025 bridal season was drop waist silhouettes — a nod to the midcentury couture volumes prominent in the actual couture shows in Paris.
Mini Mania
Viktor & Rolf Mariage
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Also channeling the industry’s current obsession with the ’60s, minidresses took a more Mod approach; just see the sweet shifts from Viktor & Rolf Mariage and the bow-adorned options from Markarian and Honor.
Corset Star
Dana Harel
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Looking back further even in history, Elizabethan corsetry prevailed, offering a more dramatic approach to wedding whites. Across the spring 2025 season, many designers incorporated cinched-waist gowns into their collections, while others took the idea a step further with corseted separates.
Princess Bride
Mark Ingram
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It’s no secret that Kate Middleton is a pop culture sensation, and although her wedding took place back in 2009, her iconic Alexander McQueen dress remains a classic. Its continued influence was seen through spring’s uptick in high lace collars and full tulle skirts.
Black & White
Ines Di Santo
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In recent years, brides have been dabbling with colored dresses — most often pastels — but this time, black and white dresses dominated. Whether it’s a small detail, like piping at Mark Ingram, or an allover print from Ines di Santo and Nadia Manjarrez, the trend will be the go-to edgy option of the season
Novelty Veils
Honor
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Beyond bold silhouettes and black, unconventional elements continued to the accessories. Novelty veils offered plenty of variety in the form of floral-adorned cathedral veils and fascinator-like headpieces.
Neck Scarves
Alejandra Alonso Rojas
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Brides looking to add a bit of drama while breaking even further from tradition will delight in experimenting with free-flowing, trailing neck treatments.