top of page

25 for '25: Top Wedding Trends for 2025

luxury wedding cascading florals
photo by: ReighWalker

Every year vendors and leaders throughout the industry come forward with their projections on upcoming wedding trends. This year, we’ve created a comprehensive list of those trends and narrowed down to our top 25. These top 25 trends to note for 2025 include the most common and easy to utilize trends for couples. In no particular order, here we go!

 

  1. Serpentine or Caterpillar Tables – If you subscribe to any online wedding source or are ever on Instagram to inspire your wedding day, you’ve likely seen this trend. Emerging in 2024 and they are definitely having a moment. However, before you jump on the bandwagon, keep in mind caterpillar tables are best suited for those with a smaller guest list and/or a larger event space. Doing this set-up can take up a lot of room and cut your seats per table down by half. We think these are best reserved for micro-weddings, rehearsal dinners, private parties, etc. If you like this look but don't want to lose space, then opt for a serpentine table. It'll give you a similar feel, more clean lines and help maintain your guest seating options. Not sure which is right for you, it's best to talk your options through with your designer or planner to properly execute either set-up.

  2. Vibrant Colors – The 2025 wedding color of the year is Verona Sunset. A bright and happy shade of orange. Couple that with Pantone’s color of the year, Mocha Mousse, a warm and earthy brown tone. Put these together and you’ve got a modernized version of the 70’s décor….and we’re here for it all day long!

  3. Dramatic Draping – This one is pretty self-explanatory, we use draping to create texture, dimension and put some extra design in your event space. The options are literally endless.

  4. Layered Textures & Fabrics – Add this to your dramatic draping or let it be its own stand-alone detail, layering textures and mixing fabrics is as easy as 1-2-3. You’re already going to have linen napkins, so let’s layer that within your place setting by adding a charger or menu card on top of a textured linen. An easy way to layer fabric is to add color or monochromatic color to your draping or maybe an overlay on top of your base table linen. And fun tip here, this doesn’t have to incorporate, just get creative and start exploring DIY options or visit with your planner for ideas!

  5. Creating Your Own Personal Brand – Use your couple story to create your own personal brand for your wedding day. Tell stories about yourselves throughout the space. Handwritten letters to your guests, custom table numbers, centerpieces, menus, welcome signage, cocktail napkins and more. There are endless options for customizing the day’s details to tell your story.

  6. Fruits & Vegetable Infused Centerpieces – You’ll for sure be seeing this if you haven’t already. You’ve probably seen limes or lemons in centerpieces before but what about pumpkins, pomegranates, blood oranges, pineapples, grapes or even carrots and more. If you can think it, it can be incorporated and these make for easy, reusable (even edible) options for any occasion.

  7. Maximalist Florals – For this category, think big budget! While most couples want to keep costs down, there are plenty of folks who love the maximalist approach to their wedding florals. Here you will see lush arrangements full of blooms, hanging installations, higher end flower selections everywhere you look. Having said that, if you don’t have that lux budget to go with your lux taste, you can easily pick one element and target your focus there. Maybe an arch at the altar, head table centerpiece, or cake table for example. You can achieve that feel by targeting your design and focusing on one main element and building out from there. It doesn’t just have to be all or nothing.

  8. Topiaries – Yep, you read that right. Topiaries are popping up everywhere and are super easy to bring into your design. Topiaries offer a creative way to bring a garden feel to your event, even on a budget. Want more of a luxury feel, use topiaries as a base and build off of them from there. Everything from entrances, to altars, to centerpieces, there’s not a wrong way to utilize this often option.

  9. Cakes – In 2024 we saw the resurgence of the vintage cake, and we’re here for it. We continue to love this detail. We also saw couples opting for a single-tier small cake for cutting and a sheet cake served from the back-of-house to help curb costs. Got a bit more to spend, then you’ll want to make it multi-tier, go with an artistic fondant cake, or add a cake meadow. As mentioned earlier, give your cake the spotlight and let that take the focal point of the room if you want to lend a lush design to a single element…or even if you want it to be part of a larger design. One is not better than the other, you’re just letting the cake become part of the décor, rather than just another “task” (aka: cake cutting) of the night.

  10. Sliver as a Metal Accent– For years it’s been gold, then rose gold, and even mixed metals…which is always in, but this year, it’s silver. No major description here, silver is always in style with its timeless sparkle and elegance.


wedding budget save allocate money finances
photo by: Reigh Walker
  1. Intentional Photography – Photography styles are trending as we are seeing a big trend toward shooting with film, paparazzi photography, and more candid behind the scene shots rather than the position and posed pics of yesteryear. We are also seeing photography that is true to the color it's shot in as opposed to the more white and bright trends that were popular in the past.

  2. Content Creators – 2024 brought us an explosion of content creators. Now you can hire someone to take all the behind-the-scene footage so you and your family/friends can truly put your phones away and relax. Assigning this to a paid content creator will ensure you snag all those cool shots, behind the scenes, allowing you to be in the moment and unplug for the entire day. And the best part, you can have everything delivered right to your inbox. So while you’re waiting 2-3 months for your photographer’s gallery, you can enjoy the BTS content starting the next day.

  3. Focus on Guest Experiences – Here it’s easy to think about photobooths, late night snacks, or custom requested party songs to name a few but what about the other things that can get overlooked? This might be a welcome drink or water stations upon arrival, transportation to/from the venue, fans, interactive entertainment, custom thank you letters or coffee bars. There are so many ideas to choose from but what we’re focused on here is the guest experience. We want the guests happy, comfortable and excited to share the day from the moment they arrive to the moment they leave. Think about the last event you attended, did the host think through your experience? If so, how? Now think about how you want your guests to feel and let’s get started planning.

  4. Interactive Entertainment – As mentioned above, this nugget gets its’ own category. Beer burrows, virtual games, permanent jewelry, cowboy hat bars, scotch tastings, cigar bars, etc., interactive activities keep guests engaged, entertained and telling others about your amazing event.

  5. Eco-Friendly Celebrations – A topic near and dear to our hearts, we’re particularly excited to see this trend increasing. Couples are starting to take notice of the abundance of waste in the wedding industry and the interest in digital invitations, RSVPing online, biodegradable confetti, minimizing plastic use and overall waste, is increasing. Another idea, hire a compost vendor to collect all the scraps at the end of the night. It’s a common misconception that leftover food can be taken home or donated to someone nearby; however, most of the time the caterer has to throw the food out. Hire a composter to come in and give your leftovers a new purpose.

  6. Epic Food Stations – We all know that food trucks, late night bites and coffee bars can leave guests wowed but now we’re seeing food stations as part of the décor, fully adorned with flowers, greenery and more. 2024 introduced us to the charcuterie cart – a new vendor item we love. Reintroduced the industry to dessert stations and tables – rather than just cake, and now we’re seeing cotton candy bars, non-alcohol bar stations and even whisky stations. We love this trend and since you’re going to have food at your event anyway, this is a perfect way to make the stations part of the décor.

  7. Going Non-Traditional – By eliminating bouquet tosses, garter tosses, guest favors, wedding party entrances, and even in some cases getting rid of the cake cutting altogether. Weddings aren’t what they used to be so there’s no reason to stick with old traditions if it doesn’t suit you as a couple and your wedding day priorities. Nowadays you can truly do anything you want and there are no rules. You do you boo, and we’ll help!

  8. Full Wedding Weekends – Wedding days move fast; therefore, we’re seeing more and more couples opt for a full wedding weekend to make the most of the time they have with family and friends. This can include a welcome party in addition to or as a stand-alone with the rehearsal dinner, after-party or a goodbye breakfast the day after the wedding. It’s your party and we want you to celebrate it as long as you want!

  9. Wellness Activities – We now know that interactive entertainment is trending up and if you are hosting a wedding weekend, some of the hottest trends for the weekend include goat yoga, puppy yoga, group hikes, cooking experiences, barbershop treatment for the guys, golf outing or full spa day outings for the ladies. Whatever you choose, you can be sure these are great ways to unwind with your friends and family in preparation for a busy day to come.

  10. Couple Focused Moments – These are our favorites! Just as we mentioned earlier, non-traditional is the new norm. Don’t want to go all day without seeing your partner? Don’t! Spend the morning together, have breakfast or coffee, and then get your day started. We also like you to have a few quiet minutes at the end of the ceremony or even before, with a private vow exchange, love letter reading or just a moment to hold hands and soak it all in. Cap that off at the end of the night with a private last dance and you are set to have memories that last a lifetime.

  11. Destination Weddings – Don’t necessarily jump to out of the country destination, while those are always popular, destinations can be anywhere you don’t “live” in your regular life. Go to another state or even another part of your state, and explore the options for your day. You’d be surprised how far your budget can go if you are flexible on date and location. Flexibility = infinite possibilities!

  12. Statement Fashion – Fashion is always in and 2025 is bringing us Drop and Basque waist gowns, bubble hems, statement accessories, bold colors and patterns, unique customized veils, individual stylings for the wedding party and outfit changes during the reception are for sure trending. We just met a bride yesterday who has four changes coming for her wedding day. If you want it and can afford it, we’re here to make it happen.

  13. Minimalistic Hairstyles – Today’s brides are opting for hairstyles that more closely reflect their daily look, just slightly enhanced. You might see loose curls with a simple hair clip, a slicked back bun or a short choppy bob. Whatever the choice, the trend is to stay true to yourself and make sure you look like you on wedding day. The over-the-top glam is fading back this year.

  14. Nostalgia Is In! – Just as we mentioned earlier, nostalgia is in and we’re seeing that with color, attire and attention to detail. While the colors of 2025 speak to the 70’s we’re also seeing the 80’s bubble hem making a comeback, the 90’s disposable camera, the aforementioned “minimalistic hairstyle” look from 2000, a reduction in bridal party size that has been on trend since 2010. Whatever the detail or decade, nostalgic details are always in and can be the perfect way to put your own special spin on your day.

  15. Vintage Décor – Okay, we could’ve probably put this with # 22 but we thought it deserved its’ own category. From LED mini-lamps on cocktail tables, to old guitar cases, small credenzas, vinyl records and record players, to apothecary tables, colored glass and more, vintage items produce nostalgic thoughts and feelings. Couple that with enhancing the guest experience (#11) and creating your own brand (#5), this is how you can create a truly unique wedding.

    ceramic dish of vintage matchbooks
    Vintage matchbooks collected by our couple's family over the years and shared with their guests upon arrival. Kennedy & Dalton's welcome table included a variety of nostalgic elements such as vinyl records, a postcard seating chart, family photos and more!

 So there you have it, our top 25 in ’25. While all these topics are noted as “trends” for the upcoming wedding year, know that the most perfect trend is the one that suits you best. There is no right or wrong way to get married and have a wedding. Whether you choose to go to the justice of the peace and have a smaller intimate reception, a big lush elaborate affair, or simple elope, whatever suits you is truly the right way to go. And don’t let anyone tell you differently.

 

If you are looking for someone to help with your big day, don’t forget to Plan It With Me!


Comments


bottom of page