The 7 Biggest Spring 2025 Bridal Trends: Drop Waists, Neck Scarves & More
Calling all spring 2025 brides!
During the first week of April, independent wedding dress designers and global bridal brands alike debuted their newest collections as part of New York’s Luxury Bridal Fashion Week. The biggest trends of the season continued to prove the bridal industry’s closely linked relationship with its ready-to-wear counterpart.
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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
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. Monique Lhuillier and Lein showed options with full skirts in tulle, while Lihi Hod used lace for a pannier-like design.
Mini Mania
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 or the bow-adorned options from Markarian and Honor.
Corset Star
Looking back futher in history, Elizabethan-style corsetry continued to prevail, offering a more dramatic approach to wedding whites. Across the spring 2025 collections, many designers incorporated cinched-waists into their gowns. Others took the idea a step further with corseted separates.
Princess Bride
It’s no secret that Kate Middleton is a pop culture sensation, and although her wedding took place back in 2009, the Alexander McQueen dress she wore to wed Prince William remains an icon. Its continued influence was seen through spring’s uptick in high lace collars and full tulle skirts.
Black & White
In recent years, brides have been dabbling with colored dresses — most often pastels — but this time, black and white 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
Beyond bold silhouettes and black, unconventional bridal style carried over into to accessories. Novelty headpieces offered plenty of variety in the form of floral-adorned cathedral veils and fascinators, caps and sculptural bow attachments.
Neck Scarves
Brides looking to add a bit of drama while breaking even further from tradition will delight in experimenting with trailing neck treatments. Scarf-like attachments were spotted all over fall’s outerwear and designers like Alejandra Alonso Rojas who entered the bridal market for the first time this season cleverly carried it over.
Launch Gallery: Elegant Scarves to Classy Princess Silhouettes: The 7 Biggest Spring 2025 Bridal Trends
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