Last Sunday, Marriage.com attended the Premier Bridal Trade Show in Long Beach, California. In addition to meeting new folks and seeing old friends, we were able to catch some of the hottest spring and summer wedding trends, straight from the runway! We snapped some quick photos and wanted to recap the newest looks- from flowers, colors, and more. Here’s the top five we wanted to mention, and highlight for brides-to-be and couples planning their weddings everywhere!
#1 Bright & Bold Color
From flowers to decor, we just couldn’t miss the bursts of color everywhere-say goodbye to muted colors and drab, dull, and boring centerpieces. We saw tons of creative arrangements, with bright oranges, lively greens, royal purples, and turquoise blue. Summer is not the time to shy on color or be stingy with bold hues-summer itself IS a celebration of color! Take advantage of the great weather, the bright sun, and the availability of natural color just about everywhere. Go bold or go home!
#2 Candy Buffets and Bars
Fun, colorful candy buffets definitely stole the show with their sweet decorative arrangements and taste-tempting treats-hot pink was definitely a hit here. We saw a ton of buffets, including __ which included lots of famous and familiar candies-including Charms Blow pops, Smarties, and Tootsie Rolls-candy everyone knows! It seems like nostalgic childhood candy is the latest wedding craving for everyone.
#3 Round Bouquets
Other than bright and fun bursts of color, the trend for floral arrangements took on one shape = ROUND. Everywhere we looked, we saw lovely bouquets, perfectly shaped into bobs and balls for a unique summery look. Popular flowers were romantic roses, mini-roses, carnations, with bits of greenery in between. We even saw round arrangements for candy “bouquets” at tables– really innovative and creative in terms of shape!
#4 Fascinators and hairpieces
We couldn’t help but notice a new trend for brides on the runway as well-gorgeous, lace, and feathered fascinators are here to stay! Most of the models down the runway had some type of fascinator or unique adornment, true to the new vintage wedding trend-we noticed one polka-dotted lace fascinator which was especially gorgeous!
#5 Bridal gowns with lots of volumes
On the bridal runway, we noticed quite a few elegant, sweeping dresses with lots of luxe detail-mostly in the volume of the dress. Bridal gowns have warmed up to oomph and movement-lots of draping, ethereal chiffon, and flowing trains.
