Best Wedding Dresses for Every Bride | Top Styles of The Year

Another dazzling New York Bridal Fashion Week has wrapped up, leaving behind a stunning array of wedding dress trends that have our editors buzzing with excitement. This season’s collections offered something extraordinary for every type of bride, from timeless elegance to bold statements. For the romantic bride, the elevated basque waist designs showcased at Cinq’s intimate candlelit presentation were nothing short of enchanting. Meanwhile, brides inspired by Sofia Richie’s iconic wedding look will find themselves mesmerized by Katherine Tash’s latest collection, featuring luxurious silk gowns paired with chic neck scarves.

This season also saw the rise of unconventional bridal choices, with black wedding dresses and pastel bridal gowns finally taking center stage and receiving the attention they’ve long deserved. It’s clear that 2025 is set to be a year of diverse and daring bridal fashion, with trends that cater to every taste and style.

Whether you’ve already begun your wedding dress journey or are just gathering inspiration, these are the bridal trends that will dominate boutique racks and wedding aisles in 2025. Get ready to fall in love with the styles that are redefining what it means to be a bride.

Get excited, brides-to-be, because there was nothing short of an exciting array of new bridal styles to hit the runway this season. Let’s dive into the top trends that The Knot editors are most excited about in 2025.

Basque Waist Dresses

We attended over 35 shows at bridal fashion week, but one trend easily stood out amongst the rest: basque waist wedding dresses. From Galia Lahav and Lihi Hood to Cinq and Andrew Kwon, it seems as though veteran designers and newcomers alike incorporated the silhouette into their newest collections, and why wouldn’t they? Basque waist gowns elongate the body and effortlessly enhance the silhouette. And if that isn’t enough to sell you on it, check out Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper’s Danielle Frankel drop waist gown.