Want to know the hottest wedding trends for 2025? Look no further, our team has compiled planning trends from industry insiders and web searches for you. We’ll help you make them your own and have the hottest wedding du jour! For 2025, these are so hot, you’ll need an ice bath to cool down:

• Inspired by nature.
• Layers, layers, layers, darling.
• The element of surprise.
• Micro weddings. Micro dresses. Micro wedding parties.
• Curated everything
• New takes on photos and videos
• Nostalgia/ retro
• Repositioning: bridal parties, tables
• AI Planning

Yep, nature and retro remain evergreen top styling trends. Join us for a few surprises! 2025’s trends are all about curating a special experience with authentic touches to make your wedding memorable to guests. You're in good hands with Atelier Aberg's expert advice. Let's explore!

Inspired By Nature

This ranges from fruit and veg edible décor, over edible bouquets and seasonal mocktails to farm weddings, floral dresses and cakes vignettes or even entire meadows - think a cake surrounded by decorative and edible flower gardens. The trend is not just visually stunning, it’s also a sign of our times, representing a yearning for clean, beautiful nature in our lives. If you want your wedding to be a breath of fresh air, look no further than this money-and waste-saving initiative. You'll definitely leave a healthy, wholesome impact with guests.

We simply love this trend with a farm to table organic theme. We're thinking yummy and beautiful fruit and flower hampers sent to guests with your invites or thank you cards. Or go a step further and integrate it into a curated dress code! (More on this hot trend below.)

Layers, layers, layers, darling!

Layers come in all shapes and aspects of weddings in 2025. There's the obvious - and uber pretty - layering of drapes in your wedding venue, creating a feeling of luxury and warm aesthetic. You could also create a sense of textured harmony by layering different textures in your wedding décor or dresses. Or you could go for layering of wedding cakes in unconventional ways using floral cascades and gardens.

This trend also plays into the curated aspect, again. Perhaps THE hottest trend of 2025? If you want to really make this trend yours, stylists recommend personalized touches by integrating family heirlooms, flowers or little surprises into the wedding party's outfits. This could be a tuxedo for the groom. Yes, you read right. Tuxedos are here to stay, too! This trend goes extremely well with a nostalgic/ retro wedding or a nature-inspired aesthetic.

The Element of Surprise

… is oh-so-hot right now. You don’t have to take it as far as having guests turn up to your engagement party, only to find out it’s the actual wedding. Even little touches will make your wedding memorable. We're particularly in love with the trend of “unexpected reds” dotted throughout your curated wedding. Not only will it create a visually unique juxtaposition but, combined with vibrant flowers, it'll modernize the aesthetic. Opt for pink or orange here, another hot trend for 2025. Perhaps, you reflect the bright, vibrant touches with gorgeous corals across bridesmaids’ dresses or cascading floral cake arrangements and - voila! - you have a summer wedding trend made for the upcoming Southern hemisphere season, as corals and vibrant colours work particularly well under the Australian sun.

Micro weddings. Micro dresses. Micro wedding parties.

Perfect for modern brides in our cost- and climate-conscious times, the micro dress is more than just cutting corners! Wear a short, flirty, fun wedding dress, hold a small, intimate wedding and stick to simplicity at your wedding party to be right on trend. Good for your wallet and the planet – just like nature inspired weddings -, the micro trend means focusing on the essentials. You'll free yourself up to just enjoy some special times with friends and family.

We like the idea of keeping everything on theme. You could ask guests to contribute to a charity or your local mini honeymooon, instead of a wedding registry, or keep it simple with a wedding in nature - a simple beach or meadow - would also be on the money. You could even go as far as combining it with the curated activity and elope right where you like to spend time with friends and fam; be that a bowling alley, ice rink or out in the ocean on surfboards. (Hard to get more micro than bikinis and boardies... We're only half kidding here.)

Curated Everything

At the other end of the spectrum sit lavish, multi-day wedding experiences. They're part of the trend of having curated dress codes, curated experiences and weddings as a branded experience - from invites over monogrammed napkins to thank you cards. This trend emerged after some of the most elaborate ever nuptials reaching 1-billion-dollar budgets. Lucky wedding guests received luxury gifts as part of the wedding invites.

You don’t have to be a billionaire to have a gorgeous, curated experience. Prioritize meaningful activities to share with your guests over blowing the budget on your dress. Use one of the new photo and video trends to your advantage. You'll create curated, bespoke memories that’ll truly last a lifetime. Consider using an on-trend bridal stylist to help you design matching wedding attires or level up your curated wedding. Mood boards are a must for this trend!

New Takes on Photos and Videos

Part of this trend are wedding photography apps for guests to upload their own pictures and videos. Some couples hire a social media content creator to post more raw and unedited shots as the wedding is happening. You could choose a unique photography style and get a videographer to create a strong look for your content. This is THE trend for you, if you enjoy next level photo and video expressions, including paparazzi-, documentary-, movie- or action-style shots.

Working hand-in-hand with your wedding photographer, your additional content can complement those traditionally stunning shots and capture the mood. (It also can make for some good laughs post wedding party.) Our Atelier Aberg team loves working closely with your vision for content as well as with videographers, content creators and even your guests. Teamwork makes the wedding dream work! We are experienced in transforming your vision into reality.

Nostalgia/ Retro

Honestly, when is retro not on trend?! Still, with so many modern trends around to choose from, why not combine a retro-style, nostalgic wedding – think Bridgerton – with the surprise element. Unexpected reds, curated activities or dress codes will elevate your wedding by creating a timeless aesthetic. We’re sure you’ll love the result as much as we do: simple, classic and authentic wedding photos that transcend any trends. Much like fashion cycles back every few decades adding new, modern touches, this puts you ahead of just copying a trend. It'll create talking points and make your wedding one your friends, family and you won’t forget in a hurry.

Repositioning: Bridal Parties, Tables

Out with staid and in with innovative: snaking tables and mixing it up are key themes here. A banquet-style, long table with a softer serpentine aesthetic snaking through the room, goes great with nature inspired weddings. It offers the possibility to reposition guests throughout the wedding to encourage conversation. Changing around the positioning of your bridal parties can lead to spontaneity, more natural looking shots and create talking points. This trend goes with most of the others for 2025 and adds a modern aspect to your nuptials.

AI Planning

Also on trend, AI planning tools are handy to help you save time, keep an overview and plan efficiently. Having a micro wedding or want to save money? Forego the bridal stylist and bridal planner during the planning phase and use AI tools and mood boards to your advantage. Of course, AI isn’t here to replace the expertise a seasoned wedding planner can bring to the table – especially in helping prevent last minute mishaps or you going full bridezilla-, but it could help you get your vision clearer before you even meet with one. Make use of this trend in combination with mood boards to figure out the basics of what you want and need, then let a real person guide you on how to bring your vision to life.