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Updated Mar 06, 2025The 2025 Celebrity Wedding Trends We're About to See Everywhere
From basque-waist dresses to cowboy chic dress codes, the celebs love these buzzy trends—and so do we.
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It's been an incredible year for celebrity weddings. We watched Millie Bobby Brown marry Jake Bongiovi in a stunning Tuscan destination ceremony. Rebel Wilson and Ramona Agruma swapped vows in Sardinia, while Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey hosted a quintessential New England celebration in Rhode Island. Alex Cooper wed Matt Kaplan along the glittering Riviera Maya coastline, while Lana Condor tied the knot with Anthony De La Torre at home in Malibu. Oh, and how can we forget the fanfare surrounding the unbelievably lavish Ambani wedding? Off the heels of so many beautiful nuptials, we're about to see an exciting new era of celebrity wedding trends in 2025.
From buzzy new aesthetics to ultra-niche dress codes, the latest celebrity wedding trends are fresh, fun and oh-so-romantic. And as The Knot's Entertainment & Celebrity Editor, it's quite literally my job to be chronically online, constantly refreshing my feeds and waiting for the latest celebrity wedding photos to drop. Since I've always got my finger on the pulse of what's trending in the industry, I've compiled eight celebrity wedding trends that we predict will be huge next year. Whether you're actively planning your big day or you're a pop culture aficionado who loves love, these rising concepts will leave you feeling inspired and #influenced...and actively awaiting the next big celeb wedding.
The Deconstructed Wedding
Most weddings follow a basic timeline: Rehearsal dinner the night before, followed by a ceremony, a cocktail hour, a reception, and, in some cases, an after-party. One of the biggest wedding trends of 2025, though, is the concept of a "deconstructed wedding." Dubbed by The Knot editors as the new "it girl" of planning, a deconstructed wedding is exactly what it sounds like—a pulled-apart version of traditional wedding events, stretched out across various days, weeks or even months.
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One of the best celebrity examples is the wedding of Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi. The A-list couple originally tied the knot over Memorial Day weekend in a secret ceremony just for their family. Then, at the end of the summer, the newlyweds hosted a larger, traditional celebration for loved ones in Tuscany, Italy.
On a smaller scale, another similar trend we've seen is the rise in private vows. If hosting two separate celebrations sounds unrealistic, another way to deconstruct the wedding day is to share private vows with your partner before the ceremony. For years, celeb couples have participated in private vows, which is a beautiful way to share intimate words alone, rather than in front of a large group. While Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge were ahead of the trend, doing private vows in 2018 and 2023 respectively, Chanel Iman and David Godchaux are a more recent example. While the couple secretly tied the knot in January 2024, they hosted a second wedding aboard a yacht in Anguilla the following month to prolong the fun.
Basque-Waist Dresses
Wedding dress trends come and go each year, but one of the most popular styles among celebrities right now is the basque-waist silhouette. Also called V-waists, this dramatic skirt style dates back to the Victorian era. The design is meant to cinch the waistline while simultaneously accentuating the hips with a long bodice and a skirt that flares upwards and out, thus creating an hourglass shape.
Alex Cooper wore an elegant basque-waist wedding dress by Danielle Frankel for her destination wedding in Mexico, telling Vogue, "I felt so classic and chic in it. I felt confident and sexy while still elegant and timeless." Olivia Culpo wore a blue and white strapless gown with a V-waist for one of her prewedding celebrations with family, while Nick Viall's wife Natalie Joy opted for a similar look from Cinq. And, of course, Millie Bobby Brown donned a custom lace Galia Lahav wedding dress with a pointed V design below the bodice with an attached overskirt, creating that dramatic waist shape. Considering this dress style is still all over the Bridal Fashion Week runways, this is one celebrity wedding trend we predict we'll see more of in 2025.
Domestination Weddings
While many celebrities do have the means to host incredibly lavish weddings overseas, more and more prominent A-listers are tying the knot closer to home. (We like to call these stateside celebrations "domestination" weddings, if you will.) Consider Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey, for example. The former Miss Universe and the San Francisco 49ers running back invited their guests to Watch Hill, Rhode Island, where they swapped vows at the famed Ocean House resort overlooking the Atlantic coastline.
We also saw plenty of unexpected wedding destinations, like the Louisiana Bayou where Lana Del Rey married alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene. Ben Platt and Noah Galvin kept things in the metropolitan area, opting to get married in their native New York City. Gossip Girl alum Jessica Szohr wed former NHL star Brad Richardson at a luxe golf course in Arizona, exclusively telling The Knot, "[Flagstaff] has given us so many memories as a family over the last couple of years. It's such a vibe up there, in the mountains."
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Some celebrities even tied the knot *at* their home, like Charlie Puth and Brooke Sansone, who hosted their wedding in the backyard of the groom's family residence. And, while Lana Condor and Anthony De La Torre had their actual ceremony at a mountainside venue, they hosted their rehearsal dinner and farewell brunch in their backyard. Next year, we have a feeling many more celebs will find incredible places to swap vows at incredible locations here in the US. And who knows—maybe their wedding venues can inspire yours, too.
Duet Attire
It's rare for to-be-weds to go wedding outfit shopping together. After all, part of the fun on the big day is seeing what your fiancé chooses to wear! But one rising celebrity wedding trend we love is the concept of "duet attire." Now, more couples are selecting outfits that intentionally coordinate—not only to symbolize connection on the big day, but also to elevate the look of wedding photos.
The term was coined by actress Rebel Wilson, who selected a Pronovias wedding dress that beautifully complemented her wife Ramona Agruma's look. "We didn't want to look too similar, but we both have classic taste," Agruma told Vogue. "We wanted to wear traditional white bridal dresses and thought the dresses from Pronovias were gorgeous."
Ben Platt and Noah Galvin had a similar shopping experience. The couple hosted a weekend-long wedding extravaganza in Brooklyn and New York, and they told Vogue that while they wanted their outfits to be cohesive, they specifically didn't want two carbon copies of the same look. "Upon doing our initial gay wedding research, we discovered that it is, upsettingly, common practice to match on your wedding day," Platt told the outlet. "[In addition to both wanting to look different,] we also did not want to look like cater waiters, so we opted for coordination as opposed to straight-up matching."
The Bridgerton Effect
Mark our words: The Bridgerton wedding aesthetic may never go away. Couples love the romance and whimsy associated with Netflix's historical drama series—so much so that it led us to create our own collection of Bridgerton-inspired stationery. The series inspired influencer Mei Mei's wedding to Jacob Vigliotta, which took place in their Georgia hometown. After using The Knot to find her florist, BLOSM Design, she entrusted her team of pros to make her lavish fairytale vision a reality. "I basically told them my dream was to have a Bridgerton wedding, and that I wanted them to go crazy with the florals and the design," she exclusively told us.
The result was an explosion of blue and white florals adorning their outdoor venue, creating an other-worldly visual effect. They even hired string musicians to play Bridgerton-inspired music during the ceremony, which was one of their favorite elements of the day. "We crafted such a beautiful guest list, and it was an honor to be able to [get married] in front of literally every single person that we love," she told us. With teaser promos already dropping for the show's next season, we don't foresee an end to the Bridgerton wedding vibe any time soon.
The Guest Experience
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While the wedding day is traditionally about the couple, more celebrities are putting the emphasis on their guests. This trend can be seen in the weddings of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, as well as Ankur Jain and Erika Hammond. As two of the most expensive celebrity weddings this year, both couples pulled out all the stops to give their guests an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience. (The Ambanis hosted a prewedding sangeet with a performance by Justin Bieber, while Jain reserved the base of the Egyptian pyramids for his ceremony. Casual!)
On a more low-key scale, one of our favorite examples of celebrities prioritizing the guest experience came from Broad City star Abbi Jacobson. The actress married Jodi Balfour in Brooklyn, and the vision for their nuptials was inspired by one of their earliest conversations as a couple. "When we first started texting, I asked Jo what about pre-Covid life she missed most," Jacobson told Cultured. Her answer? Sweaty shoulders. "After so much distance, we wanted the wedding to feel like that first sweaty shoulder moment—total togetherness," Balfour added. Indeed, they accomplished just that. Looking back on their reception, the couple said, "We were in a dark wooden room with no windows, an insane sound system, and a disco ball. It was like we all existed in a different dimension for a while."
Ultra-Niche Dress Codes
Because couples are curating unique guest experiences through their wedding, they're also inviting them to participate in corresponding niche dress codes. Consider former Bachelor star Hannah Ann Sluss, who married NFL running back Jake Funk. While they eloped in Italy, the newlyweds hosted a second celebration with family and friends in Miami, where they let the colorful surroundings inspire the dress code. "My goal for our guests was to enter the reception room feeling like they were taken away to a fun Miami tropical oasis," Sluss told us after their sequel ceremony.
The same was true of Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey, who invited their guests to dress accordingly for an "Amalfi Coast garden party" rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding. But perhaps one of our favorite dress codes was that of actors Hassie Harrison and Ryan Bingham, who asked their guests to wear "cowboy black tie" for their Texas nuptials—but more on that below.
Western as the New Rustic
Plenty of famous couples have jetted out to the great American West to swap vows in recent years, signifying that the "Western wedding" is the new rustic wedding. With to-be-weds gravitating to niche wedding "vibes," luxe markets like Jackson Hole, Park City and Aspen have become highly sought-after destinations thanks to celebs who choose to get married there, like Taylor Hill and Daniel Fryer, and, more recently, Yellowstone co-stars Hassie Harrison and Ryan Bingham.
The couple (who play romantic partners on the drama series) hosted their loved ones at Harrison's family ranch in Dallas, Texas. "I knew I wanted Western, but it had to be elegant Western, with tones of worn leather, delicate lace, and a soft, blush color palette," the bride told Vogue of her elevated wedding vision. While it's hard to define exactly what about the Western aesthetic speaks to couples, this laid-back aesthetic offers a sense of nostalgia paired with a low-key, cozy feel. Western weddings put the emphasis on time spent with loved ones gathered in a welcoming environment—and at the end of the day, isn't that what weddings should be all about?
