Say "Yes" to the Hottest Trends at Bridal Fashion Week

Hearts were racing at New York Bridal Fashion Week from April 2 to April 4, 2024 as the new collections hit the runway for Spring/Summer 2025 brides. Luxury designers from around the world gathered in the heart of Manhattan to debut bold designs both on and off the runway. Glitz, glam, and a dash of romanticism fell upon the city in a cloud of white tulle, sparkling Swarovski crystals, artistic appliqués, and swooning sighs over the countless collections. With something for every modern, fashionable bride, Bridal Fashion Week brings an enormous amount of choices to the table with a few notable trends emerging for the new season.

Stay up to date and start planning the wedding of your dreams as Resident breaks down the hottest trends and new styles on show from both emerging and established designers at Bridal Fashion Week that every newly engaged future bride-to-be (or romantic daydreamer) needs to know.

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Our main takeaway from Bridal Fashion Week? One wedding dress is always lovely, but two can be twice as nice. Convertible and customizable dress designs brought something exciting for the modern stylish bride who needs options, as designers embrace the idea of multiple outfits for your special day. For a memorable moment and gasps from the crowd, look to dress designs like Esé Azénabor's Spring/Summer 2025 collection of sensational gowns that embrace drama for multiple dresses in one with removable skirts, adjustable skin levels, and add-on options including striking veils that can totally change a look without committing to purchasing multiple wedding dresses. Designer Esé Azénabor is especially known for her over-the-top glamorous looks - built around overblown embellishments, gilded head-to-toe ornamentation, and boldly unapologetic command of the attention of everyone in the room. The glam bride confident in her own style and poise is a perfect fit for Azénabor's offering of convertible and dramatic dresses guaranteed to catch the eye with each new wardrobe change throughout her special day.

For the more classic bride, customization in design options presents another way to make an existing wedding look your own. Designers such as Katherine Tash presented exciting adjustable design options at Spring/Summer 2025 Bridal Fashion Week, catering to brides' needs and requests for multiple fabric choices on signature designs and variable slit options to give a single dress an entirely different and personalized energy based on each bride's styling.

Most brides tend to think "go big or go home" when it comes to their special wedding day, but Bridal Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2025 urges the contemporary bride to think outside of the box. Mini-length wedding dresses stole the spotlight not only as an option for dancing, reception, or engagement, but for the ceremony as designers from Nadia Manjarrez to Ines Di Santo debuted sky-high hemlines in dreamy silhouettes for 2025's warmer weather collections. Flattering shapes and easygoing silhouettes present a solution for the beach or city bride searching for something uniquely special, especially for the warmer weather or to showcase a stunning pair of wedding shoes.

For the bride interested in a shorter dress but not ready to commit to the shape, a train overlay skirt or a high slit, as seen on the glamorous Esé Azénabor runway, can provide a suitable alternative to explore without commitment. Sheer and semi-opaque looks can be another fun way to explore showcasing your stems and shoes without taking the plunge to a shorter hemline - luxury designer Mira Zwillinger debuted otherworldly gowns during her Spring/Summer 2025 Bridal Fashion Week presentation, highlighting the shape of the body with stunning draped dresses in semi-sheer textiles that silhouette the female form when the light shines through the dress. We easily see these options as a match made in heaven for the most ethereal seaside bride planning a ceremony at sunset!

Flattering, elegant, and classic - the elongated sleeve design dominated New York Bridal Fashion Week at numerous designers. Perhaps spurred onwards in longevity by the celebrity trend in long-sleeved wedding dress choices in past years, it seems this design detail is here to stay. Follow suit with the long-sleeved trend as seen on celebrities from Kate Middleton and Hailey Bieber, with an updated version that elongates the arm and flatteringly covers common problem areas by draping down to mid-hand. Our favourite designers at Spring/Summer 2025 Bridal Week embracing this trend include Nordeen, Mira Zwillinger, and Esé Azénabor - discover their collection pieces with us, and be inspired to follow your regal fantasies.

A wedding day most often only comes once in a lifetime...so make it one to remember! One lesson from Bridal Fashion Week in New York for the new Spring/Summer 2025 season? Don't be afraid to stand out and be different with gowns fit to walk both the red carpet and down the aisle.

Brides-to-be and the fashion world swooned over lauded designer Ines Di Santo's immersive Spring/Summer 2025 runway showcase at Lavan Midtown in Manhattan. The luxury collection debuted bold new dress shapes, sensuous fabrics, and unconventional colour palettes that came together with a stunning visual backdrop and mystical soundtrack for a transcendental runway showcase inspired by the study of the five core characteristics of Romanticism. Inspiring brides to choose something new in terms of both tradition and design, the collection neatly summarized strong trends of unconventional design choices by the contemporary fashion-forward bride.

Luxury bridal brand Nardos is an expert when it comes to bringing something new to a bridal design. Bold choices for Spring/Summer 2025 like meadow-worthy bright flowers and dreamy greenery lend an air of bohemian flair to an otherwise extraordinarily elegant silhouette. Gorgeous giant bow accents also appeal to the femme, fit for a primadonna straight off the stage and sure to turn heads from any angle. For the more traditional, the established designer also offers more classic shapes that are stunningly sculptural in execution - anything other than basic despite a crisp white traditional palette.

Apart from unorthodox colour choices, contemporary trends from the new season bridal market lean into distinctive fabrics and intriguing details that turn a wedding dress into an art piece, fit to appeal to the trendsetting bride. Bridal designer Nadia Manjarrez utilizes a strong background in fabrics and fashion to bring a uniquely refreshing perspective to bridal design in her Spring/Summer 2025 collection, with dresses in clean technical shapes that feel especially exciting due to her masterful use of innovative material techniques and uncommon sourced textiles. Manjarrez creates artful pieces that grab attention despite simple silhouettes - making use of crisp Japanese faille with a single floral collar embellishment on one standout look, interesting tucked draping and layered sheer fabrics in another design, and a stunning crosshatched technique on a bodice inspired by Latin American fabrics woven on lace looms that took an estimated 200 hours for the designer's team to create.

Simplicity for the more classic bride doesn't have to mean the sacrifice of style. At Spring/Summer 2025 New York Bridal Fashion Week, clean silhouettes with a twist on traditional conservative shapes were in, as seen in new collections from designers such as Nordeen and Mira Zwillinger.

Elegance can make a beautiful statement on its own with these stunning gowns that focused on accentuating the most tasteful and refined of features, especially the back. Swoon over these dreamy designs from the two luxe designers, and get ready to made an exit to remember as you head to your honeymoon!

CREDITS

Fashion Editor & Writer: Laur Weeks @laur.weeks

All photography courtesy of PR.

FEATURED DESIGNERS

Ese Azenabor @eseazenabor

Ines Di Santo @inesdisanto

Katherine Tash @katherinetash

Mira Zwillinger @mirazwillinger

Nadia Manjarrez @nadiamanjarrezbridal

Nardos @nardosdesign

Nordeen @nordeenbridal

PR

Atelier PR @atelierpr

MVC Communications @mvc.communications

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