How to plan a wedding? Just like everything else in life, weddings are constantly changing and very much prone to trends. What’s ‘in’ one year might become old news the next one and if you are planning your own wedding in the coming year, you better stay on top of the trends. We’ve selected 5 wedding trends to look out for in 2025.
1. Draping
If there’s one word that could sum up 2025 weddings, it would be drama. In all its ways. Maybe one of the most striking signs of this is the omnipresence of draping.
“Fabric-draped ceiling treatments are making a comeback,” Akeshi Akinseye, global planner and founder of Kesh Events tells The Knot. “The effect adds an element of luxury and intimacy to venue spaces. Expect to see statement backdrops that serve as focal points for the ceremony or reception, combined with all-candle decor for a warm, romantic glow.”
Adding luxuriously draped fabrics to a wedding venue will give your guests instant opera or Bridgerton vibes and, depending on the colours you choose, different effects can be obtained. Think white and linen during summer or red and velvet for a winter wedding.
2. Greenscaping
The days when weddings were lacking in colour and greenery lay far behind us. These days, plants of all kinds and flowers are taking over and they are doing so dramatically.
Instead of your usual bouquet of roses, people are now opting for a sculpture made out of hydrangeas. Instead of plastic table decorations, you’ll find real-life tomatoes, mushrooms or cabbages in all kinds of forms to cheer up the venue.
Moreover, people are also adopting the greenery theme in other aspects of their weddings. The colour sage is currently very popular, for example, and, even on the menu, (home) grown ingredients are getting attention.
3. Dress to impress
While weddings have always been a special occasion to dress up for – both for the happy couple and their guests – 2025 will be a year during which people mix up their classic wedding attires.
Instead of white robes straight out of a wedding catalogue, more and more brides are opting for vintage outfits, complete with accessories and all. The bolder, the better seems to be their motto.
And as one outfit doesn’t seem to be enough any longer, it has become quite normal to change outfits several times during a wedding, each of which being adapted to a specific part of the event. While a church ceremony might ask for a longer dress, the dance party asks for a bit more flexibility.
4. Thoughtful locations
As far as locations go, weddings have seen it all. While your parents may have tied the knot at their local community hall, a couple of years ago all weddings seemed to take place in a faraway country. Now, it seems like we’ve reached a healthy compromise.
On the one hand, location weddings, set in breathtaking mountain landscapes or beaches, haven’t disappeared. However, those who opt for such a wedding now seem to do so because of a more profound connection to those locations instead of ‘just for fun’. Which, admittedly, makes more sense.
On the other hand, hometown weddings are once again gaining popularity. There’s a very convenient aspect to getting married where most of your family and friends live, one many have been neglecting over the past few years. Couples have now rediscovered the joy of convenience and instead of spending fortunes on plane tickets and other location wedding-related stuff, they don’t hesitate to spend a little more on the perfect hometown location.
5. Branding
The whole world seems to be about branding these days and weddings aren’t any different after all. Designing just a wedding invite won’t do it any longer. Menus, invitations, signposts, photo booths and even accessories: everything needs to be personalised and fit within the brand.
Graphic designers have thus become a very important part of wedding planning, as they get to design fonts, colour palettes and even entire websites. Whether you opt for a colourful, bold, modern aesthetic or a cottage core vibe, everything needs to be coherent. The right branding does make a difference – companies have known this for ages – and weddings are finally jumping on the bandwagon.
