Your wedding style sets the tone for every decision that follows — venue, flowers, dress code, music, stationery. Get clear on your aesthetic early and everything becomes easier.
The 5 Main Wedding Styles
- Classic & Traditional: Grand ballrooms, white flowers, formal attire, string quartets. Timeless and elegant.
- Rustic & Bohemian: Barn venues, wildflower arrangements, fairy lights, relaxed dress code, acoustic music.
- Modern & Minimalist: Clean lines, monochromatic palettes, statement florals, contemporary venues.
- Garden Party: Marquee or outdoor venue, pastel colours, relaxed and joyful atmosphere.
- Destination & Cultural: Blends local traditions with your own cultural background. Often the most personal and memorable.
How to Find Your Style
Start with a Pinterest board — pin everything that appeals to you for two weeks without overthinking it. Then look at what you pinned. Patterns will emerge: colour palettes, venue types, flower choices. That’s your style.
Also ask: What venues do you both love? What’s the dress code you’d naturally choose? What music would you want playing?
Style vs. Budget Reality
Some styles are naturally more expensive than others. Black-tie and destination weddings cost more to execute well. Rustic and bohemian styles are often more flexible with budget — and can look stunning with DIY elements.
Making It Personal
The best weddings feel like the couple — not like a wedding catalogue. Include details that are uniquely yours: a reading from the book where you fell in love, food from the restaurant of your first date, music from your road trips together. No style guide can tell you what those things are.
Communicating Your Style to Suppliers
Create a one-page mood board to share with all your suppliers — florist, photographer, cake maker. Consistency across suppliers is what makes a wedding look curated rather than thrown together. PlanWed lets you store your vision details in your event profile so every supplier sees the same brief.
