Explore the Top Luxury Wedding Trends for 2025, from intimate celebrations in The Cotswolds to Pantone’s colour of the year - Mocha Moose. As a Cotswolds wedding photographer, I’ll show you how these stunning trends can be beautifully captured as part of your celebrations and special day.
Weddings at Euridge Manor in Wiltshire
Wedding planning in 2025 brings exciting opportunities for couples to embrace new trends that help to redefine luxury and elegance. Whether you’re envisioning a more intimate celebration in The Cotswolds or at a stunning villa in Italy, a modern stylish wedding in London, or a grand country event in Oxfordshire or the Midlands, these trends are curated to help inspire and elevate your wedding day. As a Cotswolds wedding photographer, I’m here to guide you through the top 12 luxury wedding trends for 2025 that will inspire your planning along with creating memories to lovingly look back on forever.
Merriscourt: Floral Installations are set to be a big trend for 2025
Draping is another popular way to enhance and elevate the look of your day
1 - Weekend Wedding Celebrations
A wedding weekend extends your wedding celebrations over multiple days allowing couples along with their guests to fully immerse themselves in the joy of the occasion.
Start with an elegant Friday dinner, host your ceremony and reception on Saturday and complete your weekend of celebrations with a relaxed brunch on Sunday. The scenic countryside of The Cotswolds offers perfect venues for these weekend-long celebrations, ensuring every moment is beautifully captured.
Some of my favourite wedding weekend venues in the Cotswolds include The Water's Edge at Ewen (where I am a trusted and recommended supplier and Cornwell Manor - which is just exquisite and the epitome of country elegance
Supper under the stars at Merriscourt - Friday evening dinner
Intimate wedding day celebrations at Celtic Manor Newport Wales
Weddings at Cornwell Manor in the Cotswolds are a delight
2. Small, Intimate but Luxurious Weddings
Intimate weddings are more popular than ever, with couples prioritising quality over quantity. With smaller guest lists you can focus on creating a truly luxurious experience. Whether it’s through bespoke menus, personalised favours, or stunning high-end décor. Venues in The Cotswolds and Oxfordshire provide the perfect backdrop for these celebrations, ensuring that every detail feels tailored and beautifully curated.
Stunning Weddings at Sudeley Castle in The Cotswolds
Intimate weddings at Celtic Manor in Wales
Cocktail hour at Merriscourt in The Oxfordshire Cotswolds
3. Pantone’s Colour of the Year: Mocha Moose
Pantone’s 2025 Colour of the Year Mocha Moose is a rich, earthy tone that exudes elegance, warmth and sophistication. This versatile and perfect hue for a luxurious feel pairs beautifully with gold, whites, champagne, or soft blush accents, making it the perfect choice for luxury weddings. From crisp table linens to bridesmaid dresses and stunning floral arrangements; incorporating this shade into your wedding day will add depth, beautiful tones and timeless elegance to your wedding’s aesthetic.
The most exquisite detail adding sophisticated colourful accents at a Merriscourt wedding in The Cotswolds
Shades of burgundy, gold and blush compliment Pantone's Colour of the Year Mocha Moose beautifully
Menswear and groom attire can incorporate sophisticated use of colour straying from more traditional options
4. Customised and Personalised Details
Personalisation is a key in 2025 weddings - Couples are adding bespoke and unique touches to every aspect of their day.
From wedding monograms to custom cocktails and bespoke signage, these details make your wedding truly one-of-a-kind. Imagine a luxury wedding in London or The Cotswolds, where every element reflects your love story, personalities and is beautifully captured in your photos.
Custom and hand painted seating plans add a real wow factor to your decor for guests to view
Bespoke stationery can make a real statement and wow factor
Monograms on cakes and stationery make for a beautiful way to elevate designs
5. Mixed Bridesmaid Dresses
This one receives a big applaud from me! Gone are the days of matching bridesmaid dresses, mixed styles and colours are in, allowing bridesmaids to showcase their individual personalities and dress to feel comfortable and confident while still complementing the overall wedding theme. This trend photographs so beautifully and adds depth and texture to group shots - I adore capturing photos of you with your bridesmaids
Mixed bridesmaids dresses add depth, texture and personality to your day
Dresses in the same shade but different styles works so beautifully
Capture wider and tighter photographs of you with your bridesmaids
6. Serpentine Tables: A Unique Seating Arrangement
The traditional round or long table setup is evolving and for the better. Serpentine table arrangements are long winding layouts, they create a sense of intimacy, feature and interest and they are trending for 2025. Perfect for outdoor weddings in The Cotswolds, this setup creates a striking visual impact for guests and they look stunning filled with flowing florals to link and flow beautifully.
Elegant & Luxurious Intimate Weddings at Euridge
Serpentine Table Arrangements at Euridge
7. Fashion-Forward Bridal Looks
Brides in 2025 are embracing modern fashion trends with a touch of luxury. Think tailored jumpsuits, detachable skirts, oversized bows, and bridal capes or neck scarves. These bold choices allow for stunning portraits that feel timeless yet unique.
Large floral installations are a stunning 2025 wedding trend
Hedsor House Wedding - Mara Marie Gown with neck scarf can elevate a sophisticated and elegant look
Bodelian Library in Oxford - Stunning, dramatic and elevated bridal portraits
Breathtaking elopement bridal fashion by Mara Marie for an Oxford City elopement
An outfit change is popular for rehearsal dinners or evening celebrations
Colour is absolutely stunning - Wedding at Euridge
Oversized bows adds a stunning statement to bridal fashion
8. Couture Wedding Cakes
Wedding cakes are being turned into edible art with sculptural designs, hand-painted details, metallic accents, or vibrant colour accents. Some couples may even opt for cake alternatives, like curated dessert tables (which are a very enjoyable and social way for guests to enjoy dessert) or croquembouches.
Bolder floral accents for a wedding at Sezincote in The Cotswolds
An archway at Sudeley Castle in The Cotswolds makes for a beautiful frame and backdrop for this beautiful ornate cake
Divine pipework on an elaborate cake by Hayley Elizabeth at Cornwell Manor in The Oxfordshire Cotswolds
8. Destination Micro-Weddings
Exclusive and intimate destination weddings in stunning locations - whether it’s a villa in the Italian Lakes or a countryside manor in the Cotswolds - micro destination weddings are trending for 2025.
Couples are focusing on creating an elevated and highly curated experience for their nearest and dearest.
Preparations for a wedding in the Italian Lakes
Flatlays beautifully presenting the details of your Italian destination wedding
Beautiful Italian Gardens at Euridge
Stunning Lake Garda in Italy - the perfect location for a destination wedding
9. Monochrome or Two Tone Colour Palettes
While colour is making a comeback for 2025, many couples planning their luxury wedding celebrations are also embracing the timeless elegance of monochrome or minimalistic colour palettes with some adding a bold pop of accent colour (e.g. Mocha Moose paired with gold) or white paired with soft yellow
Soft and subtle colourful palettes are featuring more this year
Black tie and a classic tuxedo add elegance and a monochromatic feel. Incorporate stunning monochrome photography into your day
The subtle inclusion of colour via stunning florals add a feel of luxury and sophistication to your wedding day
Having a dress code for your guests can add a classic feel and aesthetic to your wedding day
10. Creative Use of Colour
As a contrast to the above mention of monochrome or duel palettes, colour is also noted as making a bold comeback to weddings. Some couples are seen to be moving away from neutral palettes and embracing vibrant, creative hues to reflect their personalities. A timeless and sophisticated way to do this could be with accent colours incorporated into your florals, styling and wedding cake. Think rich jewel tones for autumnal weddings or soft pastels for spring. As a Cotswolds wedding photographer, I love how colourful accents can create dynamic, striking photos that help to show your personalities and tell your story beautifully.
A delicate pastel palette with complementing floral linens are such a beautiful way to feature colour in an elegant way
Add beautiful, colourful accents into your stationery, florals and wedding details
The beauty of Sezincote in The Cotswolds - Vibrant splashes of colour can add a stunning focal point to your day and decor.
To Finish: Elevated Entertainment
Couples in 2025 are investing in elevated, interactive entertainment that wows their guests. From live artists painting either a wedding piece for the couple or an artist creating portraits for guests to take home, jazz quartets, choreographers creating dances to surprise performers and interactive mixology bars, these unique touches create memorable experiences for all. Complete your day with almost silent fireworks set to music for the ultimate fun and romantic ending to your wedding entertainment. Cotswolds weddings lend themselves to these elevated moments, ensuring your guests leave wowed with fond memories.
Ellenborough Park - A stunning twilight firework display creates a wow factor for guests
Eastnor Castle: Choreographed first dances are always a beautiful addition and dance lessons make a very fun and cute date night
Curate your play list to bring the party atmosphere - glow sticks are a fun feature
Deer Park Hall Weddings: A live musician can bring alive a fabulous atmosphere
My Final Thoughts
I am hearing more of eco-conscious couples who are proving that sustainability and luxury go hand in hand. From locally sourced menus to reusable décor, locally sourced florals grown by florists and local growers and sustainable wedding attire, every detail can reflect your values while maintaining luxury and elegance.
As a luxury wedding photographer, I love capturing these thoughtful touches.
Your wedding day isn’t just about elegant venues or beautiful details - it’s about your love and the story that unfolds between you and the people you love most. As a luxury wedding photographer based in The Cotswolds, I don’t just document moments; I capture the true essence of your celebrations, your love, the laughter, the quiet glances and the emotions that make your wedding day uniquely yours.
Every couple’s love story is different and that’s what makes my role so fulfilling. From the way your partner looks at you during the first dance to the heartfelt toasts shared with family and friends, I aim to create photographs that don’t just remind you of how your wedding day looked but how it felt.
I blend creativity with elegance, using mostly natural light and editorial techniques to capture every detail in the most flattering and timeless of ways.
My aim is for you to relive the magic of your day, from the smallest of stolen moments to the grandest joy filled celebrations every time you look at your photos.
When I work for you, we create a partnership/working relationship so that I understand what truly matters to you both about your special day, celebrations or wedding weekend. I take the time to understand your vision, your personalities and the story you want to tell so that I can create a collection of images that reflect who you are. Whether you're planning a romantic, intimate wedding in the Cotswolds or an elegant celebration in London, I promise to deliver photographs that you’ll treasure for a lifetime evoking all of the feels and emotions from your day.
If you're ready to create timeless memories and work with a photographer who is as passionate about your wedding day as you are, I would love to hear your story. Let’s connect and bring your vision to life together.