Inspiration goes a long way when you are planning your dream wedding. The top wedding trends of 2025 give you a glimpse into some of the most unique and popular elements featured in ceremonies. Couples no longer have to spend a fortune to unveil their own curated style that feels authentic and exclusive.
Exploring trending wedding ideas for venues, traditions, decor and attire is the perfect way to create the wedding of your dreams.
Wedding Trends and Ideas for 2025
One trend dominates all others for 2025 — authenticity. Decor, wedding attire, food, cakes, venues and traditions are all about reflecting what you love most. Every aspect of your wedding can radiate your creative interests and be a true representation of what brings you joy.
The core of authenticity shines through in these top trends:
Hometown Weddings
What could make your wedding feel more intimate than surrounding yourself with the sentiment and nostalgia of your hometown? More brides and grooms are opting for hometown ceremonies over destination weddings — and it makes complete sense.
Hometown weddings are usually far more affordable, accessible and personal. By choosing a hometown wedding, you support the local venues and businesses that have always meant the most to you. The best part is that your ceremony can reflect your personal story, filled with the charm of your childhood.
Intimate Celebrations
Micro-weddings have been a steady trend. An intimate ceremony lets you spend more quality time with the people you love most. A small wedding frees up your time and resources so that you and your guests can focus on meaningful, personalized moments. Fewer guests also means you can allocate your funds to the wedding elements you want to prioritize.
The essence of planning an intimate wedding is surrounding yourself with loved ones. If circumstances make it impossible for your nearest and dearest to attend, another 2025 trend can solve that — livestreaming your wedding. Livestreaming allows you to share the full intimacy of your day, in real time, with loved ones who cannot physically be at your venue.
Luxurious, Personalized Veils
One of the most breathtaking wedding trends for 2025 is long, trailing veils with custom textures, patterns and colors. Cathedral styles and slightly shorter chapel variations are perfect for creating a dramatic but timeless look.
Work-of-Art Cakes
The wedding cake is one of the highlights of your day. Current trends are all about showcasing the cake as a work of art. Popular ways to do this include cakes featuring:
- Striking metallic finishes
- Bold, rich colors
- Cascading botanicals
- Unique shapes
- Geometric tiers and patterns
- Art-inspired cakes
Another cake trend is to experiment with more unique and intricate flavor profiles. From lavender and honey to spicy mocha, Earl Grey and lime, ginger, pear and pistachio — you can have any combination your heart desires!
Raw, Candid Photography
Perfectly coordinated, influencer-worthy photos are still popular, but 2025 will see more raw photography for wedding albums. Your wedding day is a real, lived experience, and candid photography captures those genuine, unfiltered moments. Candid photography is excellent if you want to prioritize a wedding album that tells a real story — joy, laughter, tears and all.
Avant-Garde Wedding Dresses and Suits
An avant-garde dress or suit is perfect if you crave bold, couture fashion choices that reflect your authentic style. Elements of avant-garde attire include:
- Unconventional silhouettes using unique structures, asymmetrical hemlines and exaggerated sleeves, skirts and bodices
- Bold fabrics like leather and reflecting metallics
- Striking, nontraditional colors
- Artistic embellishments
Brides pair avant-garde dresses with loose, flowing locks and minimalistic makeup. The combination puts all the attention on the wearer’s natural beauty and the unique, personalized dress.
If you love the avant-garde idea but don’t want to commit to an unusual dress, you can explore vintage statement jewelry or unusual bouquets.
All-Weekend Local Weddings
Hosting an all-weekend weekend at a local venue is a great way to enjoy a vacation wedding without spending a fortune. These two or three-day weddings allow you to enjoy more than a ceremony with your loved ones by having your pre-wedding events and the ceremony in one convenient place. You can take full advantage of packages that include accommodation and other amenities to make your all-weekend wedding possible.
Indoor Celebrations
At one point, outdoor weddings were all the rage. This trend also went hand in hand with the destination wedding trend. While outdoor settings are still popular, more couples are choosing the romantic coziness, intimacy and convenience of fully indoor weddings. With indoor celebrations, your ceremony and reception typically take place in a single, beautiful setting. Choosing a hotel for wedding events provides all the essentials — tables and chairs, a dance floor and a restaurant that offers delicious catered meals.
Maximalist, Sustainable Decor
Sustainability in ceremonies is one of the best wedding trends on the rise. Many couples choose a minimalistic approach to be more sustainable, but a new trend for 2025 is grand, maximalist decor that is still eco-friendly. These lavish yet sustainable elements can include:
- Bold and grand floral arches, towers and vines
- Dramatic, draping fabrics made from sustainable choices like burlap and linen
- Towering, natural centerpieces made from botanicals, vegetables and fruits like pomegranates, melons and grapes
Meaningful Traditions
This is the year of meaningful wedding traditions — you can choose which customs you want to build your ceremony on. There is no need to stick to rigid timelines of how the days “should” go. You can dance before you say your vows and make your entrance at the reception unexpected. You can have something old but not something blue, and choose anyone to be the best person at your side. Couples can create their own traditions, and 2025 is all for it.
Choose Hancock Hotel for a Wedding Venue in Findlay, Ohio
Are you ready to plan your special day with inspiration from these 2025 wedding trends?
Located in Findlay, Ohio, the Hancock Hotel offers elegance, hospitality and an authentic venue for your wedding. As an AAA Four Diamond hotel, you can rest assured that we have beautiful rooms for your ceremony and reception guests. We make wedding planning easier by providing tables and chairs, table linens and a dance floor. We also partner with an on-site restaurant to offer high-end catering options.
We offer three different wedding packages that include special rates for guests, a complimentary night for newlyweds and multiple ballrooms and banquet halls to choose from to best support the vision you have for your special day. Contact us today to book a venue tour at Hancock Hotel and see how we can help make your wedding an unforgettable experience.