Wedding Salon Premier Luxury Bridal Show

Last week I was invited to the Wedding Salon’s Luxury Bridal Show that took place in NYC’s Metropolitan Pavilion. The event connects brides with luxury bridal vendors, who showcase their designs based on the most desired services as well as current bridal trends.

Upon entering the show, guests were greeted with a wedding dress-inspired rolling table (see photo below as words do not do the design justice!)

The event featured dozens of wedding dresses on mannequins as well as real life models walking around in designer gowns as well. To go along with the gowns were extravagant masquerade masks and jeweled headpieces.

According to the event’s official press release, here are the distinct wedding trends for 2015:

1. Headpieces Instead of Veils: Top designers, including M&J Bridal and House of Trends, featured glamorous headpieces rather than traditional veils. Head pieces have increased in popularity as brides feel that a lavish head piece is really only suitable for a special day such as a wedding.

2. Earthy Tones: Wedding Salon vendors including Big Dawg featured the Garden Style Farm Tables that have become popular all over America. Having originated in the South West, New York City put its spin on this style with vintage china, chandeliers, soft romantic flowers, and candles.

3. Men & the Wedding Planning Process: In 2015 men are getting more involved in wedding planning. As the tradition of parents paying for weddings fades, men have become more involved in the planning process as they are footing more of the bill. This has resulted in a growing pale blue and navy blue accent trend.

4. Location of the Destination Wedding: Destination Weddings are expanding to include both “local destinations” as well as “travel destinations”. Local destination weddings take place at beautiful resorts just a drive away from home, providing couples with venues for their large weekend weddings. Couples with smaller destination weddings are flocking to the Caribbean and tropical resorts as they hop on a flight with their closest friends and family.

And let’s not forget the fabulous swag bags for the press! Some of the goodies include Essie’s “Hubby for Dessert” polish, a metallic pink OCC Lip Tar, a hot pink garter, Kenra Volume hairspray, several bridal magazines, and much more!

If you’re a bride and need some inspiration in planning your wedding, I highly recommend attending one of Wedding Salon’s bridal events. Not only can you connect with bridal vendors but the designs themselves could inspire you to come up with ideas you could have never thought of before! See the Wedding Salon website for more information.