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Spring 2016 Wedding Dress Trends

Spring 2016 Wedding Dress Trends

By Carrie Goldberg

April 27, 2015

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From Victorian-inspired collars to skirts with tiers and tiers, the new motifs defining bridal style.

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See the Best Dresses From the Spring 2016 Bridal Shows

Tulle, beadwork, and fine tailoring are among the details that will always have a place in bridal design, so it is when these classic elements look new that we see fresh possibilities for how to dress at a wedding. Here, the trends from the latest presentations in New York that nudged tradition forward this season.

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Tiers of Joy

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See the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

Whether skirting out in tulle or silk, these exaggerated cascades of layers will have the same floaty effect on a bride walking down the aisle.

Oscar de la Renta Spring 2016 Collection

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Tiers of Joy

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See the Naeem Khan Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

Naeem Khan Spring 2016 Collection

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Tiers of Joy

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Houghton Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Tiers of Joy

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Jenny Lee Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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The New Victorians

See the Vera Wang Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

High collars—rendered in the most delicate lace and beads—may reference the propriety associated with late-twentieth-century fashion, but their effect now is more regal than demure, elongating the body when topping off an architectural silhouette and drawing attention to a bride’s beauty.

Vera Wang Spring 2016 Collection

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The New Victorians

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Ines Di Santo Spring 2016 Collection

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The New Victorians

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Theia Spring 2016 Collection

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The New Victorians

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Lela Rose Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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The New Victorians

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See the Spring 2016 Claire Pettibone Bridal Collection

Claire Pettibone Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Whittled Waist

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A glimpse of skin or the illusion of one at the waist creates a modern, nipped-in effect when designed at an angle toward the midriff.

J.Mendel Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Whittled Waist

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See the Monique Lhuillier Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

Monique Lhuillier Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Whittled Waist

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Lela Rose Spring 2016 Collection

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Whittled Waist

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See the Carolina Herrera Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

Carolina Herrera Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Whittled Waist

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Angel Sanchez Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Fine Feathers

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The wispy embellishment helped these looks reach new flights of fancy.

Lela Rose Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Fine Feathers

Vera Wang Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Fine Feathers

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See the Jenny Packham Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

Jenny Packham Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Fine Feathers

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Kelly Faetanini Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Fine Feathers

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Randi Rahm Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Time to Shine

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Relaxed silhouettes turned head-to-toe flash into anything but brash to make a bride positively radiate on the big day.

Houghton Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Time to Shine

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Temperley Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Time to Shine

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Jenny Packham Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Off White

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Champagne, blush, pale pink, light blue, and even black captured the imaginations of bridal designers this season, offering unexpected alternatives to the go-to hue.

Carolina Herrera Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Off White

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Angel Sanchez Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Off White

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Monique Lhuillier Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Off White

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Jenny Packham Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Off White

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Jenny Lee Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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Full Bloom

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Another way to carry flowers down the aisle? On your gown, where prints and needlework inspired by botanicals created not-so-garden-variety looks for the bride.

Elizabeth Fillmore Spring 2016 Bridal Collection

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