Bridal trend: Bold botanic bridal gowns for wedding-day glamour

Bridal trend: Bold botanic bridal gowns for wedding-day glamour
Romantic botanic gowns offer texture and elegance. Santorini dress by Claire Pettibone

The new-season trend for botanics sees gowns dressed with lavish blooms, elegant leaf trails and other nature-inspired embellishments. This is your perfect excuse to dress like a romantic flower queen

The bridal trend for botanics is stronger than ever in 2019, offering a romantic and feminine take on wedding-day dressing. This is also an opportunity to add texture and movement, since beautiful nature-inspired embellishments feature on many botanic-inspired wedding gowns. Here are eight favourites from designer collections.

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Anna Campbell’s floaty gown has soft bell sleeves and a lush floral design

1. Nature Trail – Anna Campbell

With a floaty flower-patterned layer and soft bell sleeves, this romantic Amelie gown by Anna Campbell has a flattering wide v-neckline and simple white belt detail at the waist. London stockist is Blackburn Bridal. blackburnbridal.co.uk

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Amanda Wakeley’s statement gown features lovely hand-corded embroidery

2. Regal bride – Amanda Wakeley

This statement Eleanor gown by Amanda Wakeley has hand-corded embroidery on a sheer mesh. With soft fishtail skirt, distinctive wide sleeves and a romantic leaf trail at the neckline, it’s a refined and elegant style for the regal bride. amandawakeley.com

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Berta’s sexy botanic-influenced gown features 3D leaf embellishment

3. New leaf – Berta

This standout Berta design features bold 3d botanic embellishment, including a trail of natural motifs to form the shoulder straps. Form fitting from the front, it has a low back and a train-effect overlayer starting at the waist. UK exclusive stockist is The Wedding Club. thewedding-club.co.uk

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Rembo Styling offers a soft and boho take on the botanic trend with this sundress-style gown

4. Sun seeker – Rembo Styling

Perfect for the destination bride, this simple sundress-style wedding gown by Rembo Styling has a flower-embellished bodice and simple soft-pleated skirt. The gown is easy to accessorise with a wrap or soft cashmere cardigan. rembo-styling.com

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Carolina Herrera’s elegant take on the botanic trends has flowerheads at the neckline

5. Petal dressed – Carolina Herrera

Gretchen, by New York designer Carolina Herrera, is a fresh and feminine take on the botanical trend. A slimline design with train, it features oversized flowerheads at the wide illusion neckline and the trail of flowers continues along the length of the gown.  thewedding-club.co.uk

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Violette by Elbeth Gillis has ornate bodice embellishment

6. Cool classic – Elbeth Gillis

Violette, by leading South African designer Elbeth Gillis, is a ballgown shape with a cool modern twist. Bold embellishment on the split-side bodice and slouch pockets make it perfect for summer weddings. elbethgillis.com

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
This slinky gown from Australian label Grace Loves Lace has trailing leaf straps

7. Heat wave – Grace Loves Lace

Australian label Grace Loves Lace creates perfect slinky gowns for the tropical bride and this design, featuring a nature-inspired pattern, has double straps, both dressed with a trailing leaf motif. There’s a London showroom in Shoreditch where you can see and try on the collection. graceloveslace.com.au

Bridal trend: Bold botanics for wedding-day glamour
Claire Pettibone’s lovely gown is dressed with beaded silk flowers

8. New romantic – Claire Pettibone

A soft and feminine dress by LA designer Claire Pettibone, Santorini has a fine tulle bodice and long sleeves dressed with beaded silk flowers. We love the deep plunge neckline and the pairing of ornate bodice with plain silk charmeuse skirt with cathedral train. blackburnbridal.co.uk

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