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The Wedding Anti-Trend Report

Want to know what the masses aren’t doing? Read on.

It’s the time of year when wedding publications trawl search data, surveys and anecdotes to summarise the biggest trends in weddings this year and make their predictions for 2026 (here’s one from Hitched for example).

Bridgerton gowns, bubble hems, basque waists, second dresses and statement veils (duh) are on the rise, apparently. As interesting and insightful as all this is, as with all wedding traditions, my advice remains: adopt the ones that work for you and forget about the rest.

For anyone needing an antidote to reports on what everyone else is doing, here’s my own 2025 round-up of anti-trends: this is a report of what no-one else is doing, what people asked me to make for them because they couldn’t find it in the mainstream boutiques.

These are the wedding un-trends.

Ice-cream shades of pink and mint green, overlaid with bright floral embroidery…
The bride’s late mum’s handwriting embroidered in blue on the ribbon wrapping her bouquet
Turn it green
Turn it pink, blush, peach and purple
Add texture
Add volume
Make it the longest veil I’ve ever created
Make it change colour in daylight
Make it Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Zelda
Matching – but not too closely matching – jacket embroidery
Pumpkins and flowers
Pastel embroidery to repair the bride’s mother’s original veil

And there are more, but as the weddings have yet to take place, I can’t reveal all yet. But here’s a clue about one of them:

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