The 26 Best Wedding Dress Ideas From the Fall 2018 Runways
While the Fall 2018 season provided a fresh crop of wardrobe ideas to revisit during the colder months, next season’s brides-to-be would also do well to scout the collections as they gear up for their big day. From New York to Paris, designers sent out a number of options that could be ideal for taking off the runway and right on down the aisle. Here, to streamline the all-important search for The Dress, are the 26 most wedding-worthy looks for every kind of fall bride. All that’s left to say is “I do.”
The Best Wedding Dress Ideas From the Fall 2018 Runways
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This pantsuit is what we imagine a modern-day Bianca Jagger would take the plunge in—floppy white hat and studded, leopard-print pumps included.
Photo: Courtesy of AreaBevza
A body-skimming slip (with full sleeves, no less!) is made all the more practical when cinched with a fanny pack that could take the place of the bouquet.
Photo: Courtesy of BevzaBrandon Maxwell
Leave it to the athleisure-loving Gigi Hadid to model a millennial-friendly twist on the ball skirt: a look topped with a fitted hoodie (a shirt and “veil” in one!).
Photo: Indigital.tvBrock Collection
Kristopher Brock and Laura Vassar’s finale look came covered in a thick coating of sequins, but the butterfly sleeves would allow it to float down the aisle.
Photo: Indigital.tvCollina Strada
Hillary Taymour’s message this season was “love yourself.” That meant a fashion show modeled after a wedding ceremony, replete with “flower girls” and a bride in denim cargos and sneakers coupled with a cutaway skirt and a pierced-nipple tee sure to send any feminist’s heart aflutter.
Photo: Courtesy of Collina StradaComme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo offered a rock ’n’ roll interpretation of the princess bride, complete with a band jacket crafted from padded lace and towering platform boots that were nothing short of extravagant.
Photo: Indigital.tvCushnie et Ochs
Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs celebrated 10 years in business with a collection done in a predominately neutral palette that could pass as bridal white. This sculpted bodice-cut number was a clear standout.
Photo: Indigital.tvErdem
The subtle textural stripes on this silky one-shoulder dress highlight its tailoring and dramatic shape. Mesh face mask and creepers optional.
Photo: Indigital.tvEscada
Emily Ratajkowski recently defied expectations when she wore an orange pantsuit for her courthouse wedding ceremony. Escada’s pristine white version—accented with gold maritime buttons and jewel tone accessories—would hit the same off-kilter note in a more traditional bridal palette.
Photo: Indigital.tvFendi
A breezily romantic prairie silhouette, grounded by sturdy Western-style boots, would be ideal for an outdoor ceremony in a field surrounded by wildflowers.
Photo: Indigital.tvGuy Laroche
Richard René married the radical with the minimalist, as seen in this high-neck, handkerchief-hem dress with a sheer-paneled keyhole cut down to there.
Photo: Indigital.tvHuishan Zhang
Dense ruffles and tiers are matrimonial mainstays, but the designer gave those tropes a lift with an allover latticework effect that showed how Fall brides can have fun with prints.
Photo: Indigital.tvJason Wu
With iridescent Swarovski crystals artfully scattered throughout, the Wu bride is free to forgo jewelry without sacrificing shine.
Photo: Indigital.tvJonathan Simkhai
The designer cited suffragettes and Gibson Girls as reference points, and both muses could be sensed in this curvaceous corseted slip—two radically different concepts that, like a well matched couple, were made better together.
Photo: Indigital.tvLuisa Beccaria
Wedding day florals are hardly a novel proposal, but Beccaria breathed new life into the look with 3-D embroidery.
Photo: Indigital.tvMaki Oh
Ask any wedding planner and they’ll tell you: A bride is only as good as her tailor. Oh poked fun at this idea with straps decorated in sewing pins, lending a sense of whimsy that’s all too rare in the bridal world.
Photo: Indigital.tvMoncler
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s much-talked-about collaboration with Moncler gave rise to this bell-shaped puffer-coat gown. If nowhere else, it would feel right at home at a destination wedding in a frigid, faraway idyll. Aspen? Courchevel? Antarctica? The colder, the better.
Photo: Indigital.tvMulberry
Marabou slippers may be considered passé on wedding night, but Mulberry moved the flirty feather detail out of the bedroom by piling it on.
Photo: Indigital.tvOlivier Theyskens
Edgy brides, rejoice! There’s nothing princess-y about the designer’s silky bias-cut dress and certified-badass creeper boots.
Photo: Indigital.tvPrabal Gurung
Understated up top, intricate down below, Prabal Gurung’s feathered number is the best of both aesthetic worlds—and what’s more, it’s versatile enough to fly at the ceremony and the reception.
Photo: Indigital.tvRodarte
The Mulleavy sisters featured a slew of inspiring females in their lookbook, like R&B duo Chloe x Halle, who donned unabashedly romantic tulle dresses with matching parasols. Pick the robin’s egg version, and call it your something blue.
Photo: Indigital.tvRosie Assoulin
Who says you can’t wear a crop top on your wedding day? Certainly not Assoulin, who paired a midriff-baring halter with a linen maxi skirt with rainbow-stripe trim—a convincing combination for the bride who dreams of tying the knot barefoot on a white-sand beach.
Rosie Assoulin Fall 2018
Photo: Courtesy of Rosie AssoulinSimone Rocha
Rocha moved 19th-century extras like lace, ruffles, and bows to a contemporary new place with metallic loafers in a 24-karat finish—a gleaming foil to a platinum wedding band.
Photo: Indigital.tvStella McCartney
The covered-up look took on an impossible lightness, and sex appeal, in transparent tulle and etched lace delicate enough to make the groom blush.
Photo: Indigital.tvThe Row
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s demure blouse and ankle-grazing skirt had a Georgia O’Keeffe vibe to suit a bohemian bride with a flair for sleek separates.
Photo: Courtesy of The Row
