Well 2012 has come and gone – but with it came some wedding styles that we’ll never forget! We’ll admit, while there were some great trends of 2012 that we hope will stick around next year, there are also a few that we hope to leave behind. A new year means new ideas and fresh starts anyway, right? Here are the best (and worst) wedding trends of 2012. Who knows what amazing styles 2013 will bring?
Loved it:
1. Wedding dresses with sleeves: Trendy yet tasteful, sexy yet subtle, we loved the return of delicate, pretty sleeves to wedding dresses.
2. Tasteful glitter and gold: I’ll be the first to say that too much glitter anywhere looks like an over-enthusiastic toddler’s craft project. However, 2012 was the year that weddings proved glitter and glimmering gold accents could be a welcome accent to any sophisticated fête.
3. Bridesmaids dresses in neutral hues: Bridesmaids everywhere rejoiced in 2012 as brides shied away from choosing bright and unflattering colors for their bridal party. Instead, we ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the pretty neutral dresses worn by bridal parties – and noticed how much happier the bridesmaids looked!
4. Jack and Jill Showers: Forget girly bridal showers bathed in pink – Jack and Jill showers are the new must-do!
5. Intimate, down to earth weddings: While a wedding is still a massive, crazy affair, in 2012 we saw couples forgo the DJ and 10-course meals for smaller, rustic weddings with intimate ceremonies and inviting receptions.
Leave it:
1. High-low wedding dresses:
2. Mustaches on EVERYTHING: I love a good mustache in a photo booth or on a hipster mug every now and then, but am I the only one who’s a little sick of mustaches after Movember? Let’s all take a moment to tone down the facial hair frenzy in 2013, shall we?
3. Couples boudoir sessions: Am I the only one who feels a little uncomfortable when I see a couples boudoir session?
4. Really long, overdrawn will-you-be-my-bridesmaid cards: Just cut to the chase and ask your friend to be your bridesmaid. Why would anyone want to be your bridesmaid when your card goes on and on about how you’re going to go bridezilla-crazy on her?
5. Disposable cameras: The 1980s called. They’re wondering why on earth you’re STILL using disposable cameras.
So those are my thoughts – what’s yours? Did I miss anything, or do you disagree with some of my choices? I would love to hear what you loved and disliked from 2012 – and what trends you’re looking forward to in 2013!
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Stepahnie, some of those trends are horrid, but with all do respect, film photos are still better quality than any prints you can get from any 8 megapixel iphone cameras or those teeny tiny digital cameras 90% of people take photos with. I will be having disposable cameras (Lomolitos or something similar if possible) at all the ‘younger’ tables at my wedding! Want to come?
Hey Andy, Can I be Stephanie’s +1?
Oh I so, SO agree on the couples boudoir! They make me very uncomfortable.
Right? If you’re in the bedroom with your significant other…maybe you should keep it to yourselves!
I completely agree with both lists. But i literally laughed out loud at the mustache request for 2013! lol
Glad we could put a little laughter in your day. It’s funny how trends like mustaches come on strong and then die. What’s going to be the trend for 2013? Unibrows? That would be amusing…
So true about the mustache thing, feel like that trend has jumped the shark.
And a major YES to the disposable camaras. I went to a wedding with them most of them taken by 5 year olds who didnt know how(taking pictures with their fingers over the lens or of the floor) to use them so they were just a waste of money for the couple in the long run.
Hey Jacqueline – we’re so glad that you agree with our trends! That’s totally true about the disposable cameras…we’re not sure why people are stilling using them, especially because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a good photo taken from a disposable camera.
What wedding trends are you excited for in 2013? Or what do you think is a better alternative than disposable cameras?
That is true about the cameras! I think a better alternative for the couple would be to have a photo booth, maybe with props. It could be a lot of fun!
Peacock.
Peacock is over and done and dead. It is not original, it is not unique, and you are not the first bride to think of it.
Sorry, at least once a week a bride tells me that is her theme for her wedding when I’m helping her into a dress (I’m a dress consultant).