According to your clicks, likes and comments throughout the year, photos of wedding parties are the most loved. Largely because they are usually bursting with joy, but also because they are jam-packed with inspo from bridesmaids’ dresses to flowers, shoes, accessories and more.
So, to help make your planning journey a little easier (that is our number-one priority, afterall), we’ve gone and rounded up some of the most stylish, unique, effortlessly elegant, cool-AF wedding party looks we’ve come across in recent times. As you’ll see once you start your scroll, mismatched dresses in varying shades and fabrics is still all the rage, as is colour, colour and more colour (here. for. it!) We’re seriously swooning over those Alemais frocks above snapped by Elsa Campbell.
If it’s wedding dresses you’re after, these bridal gown designers and boutiques are a must-visit and don’t forget to check out our 22 Must-have Bridal Accessories to complete you and your gals’ look.
Ready to be totally inspired? Let’s go…
ANNIE & BLAISE’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
As well as asking their guests to “dress with flair”, Annie’s bridesmaids were all given free reign, and the result was epic. Throw in the gals ribboned hydrangeas and we are in love! You can check out the rest of their love-fest here.
Photos Brown Paper Parcel
ALE & JORDY’S NEW ZEALAND WEDDING
A mismatched delight and pretty in PINK! Ale’s bridal party were on brand for the theme of the day on the beautiful Waiheke Island, which was “timeless and bright”, with the newlyweds encouraging guests to “wear colourful attire, avoiding black. We wanted the occasion to feel happy and warm.” See the rest of the wedding here.
Photos Wildfolk Photography
ALICE & JACK’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
Ummmm, okay guys. We’re bloody obsessed with Alice’s maids’ Alemais frocks. To-die-for! “A colourful summer soiree in Italy,” was the vibe for this wedding, which we loved so much we printed in issue 40. “I am a big lover of colour and vibrancy and Jack is a big lover of fun and good vibes,” says Alice. “Our wedding was very much based on colour and fun. My favourite detail was the bridesmaid dresses and how they complimented one another so much.”
Photos Elsa Campbell
ANNABEL & WILL’S COUNTRY VICTORIA WEDDING
Colour and music were the main focus for Annabel and Will when planning their wedding at Mitchelton Winery in Nagambie. And Annabel’s wedding party clearly nailed the brief when it came to colour – the bold, block shades popping against the florals from Honesty Flora.
Photos Miranda Stokkel
CHARLOTTE & PAT’S NEW ZEALAND WEDDING
Every damn detail of this destination wedding was as cool as they come. “Bright, fun, relaxed but refined” was the inspo, and we’re living for these bridal party fits in shades of blue, against those pops of pink. Wanna glean more inspo from this epic day of days? You know the drill – simply click here.
Photos Eilish Burt
ZOE & RICH’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
LIVING for this line-up in lemon! “Our theme was ‘Give us colour’ – it made for such a vibrant and joyful mood,” Zoe and Rich told us. Fully embracing the theme, Zoe also killed it in her custom blue Georgia Young Couture gown. You’ll find all the details from this day in the Real Wedding Special (shop it here.)
Photos Miranda Stokkel
UNA & MATT’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
We’ll literally never get over this glorious wedding, and these glorious gals. When the theme for the wedding is Viva Las Vegas with a pink dress code, you just know it’s going to be a good time. Throw in Madeline Kate on photo-duty, and this one is a must-see. “We partied through the streets without a care in the world. It felt like we were in a state somewhere between a dream and a movie, enjoying ourselves with our best friends,” Una says.
Photos Madeline Kate
HALEY & JASON’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
Ooft, this legendary day lives rent-free in our heads. The energy, the vibes, the fun! Haley and her gals had a ball the morning of the wedding and she cites her maids’ looks as fave detail. “My bridesmaids looked absolutely stunning. They all were wearing something different, but it still tied together – one wearing pants, the other a skirt and my maid-of-honour a dress. I wanted them to maintain individuality.” Check it all out right here.
Photos Nikki McCrone
HANNAH & JEREMY’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
“I loved the idea of introducing colour and fun through the flowers and outfits,” Hannah told us. “My bridesmaids wore Gorman, which I love for their hectic prints and colours, and Ross at Bloom Boy really nailed the colourful whimsical vibe I was going for on the flowers.”
Photos Maegan Brown Moments
INES & JAXON’S SUNSHINE COAST WEDDING
Chic, sleek, timeless black never goes out of fashion as Ines’s closest gals prove in this here Queensland wedding. Entering the party to Lana Del Ray‘s Say Yes to Heaven, the bridesmaids wore gorgeous Manning Cartell numbers matching perfectly with the “formal garden party” vibe of the day.
Photographer Janneke Storm
SOPHIE & HARRY’S MORNINGTON PENSINSULA WEDDING
It wasn’t just the bright and bold dresses that made this bridal party one of the best, they were also a whole load of fun. “After the ceremony, our photographer Jackson took us and the wedding party on an adventure to take some photos. We had pre-arranged for one of the bridesmaids, Priya, to give the group a ‘half-time speech’ prior to entering the reception. We were blown away by Priya breaking out into a freestyle rap about us. Jackson captured the moment perfectly!” See it all here.
Photos Jackson Grant Weddings
KATIE & ROB’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
The “perfectly mismatched bridesmaid dresses in the most stunning colour pallete,” were one of bride Katie’s favourite details, when these two tied the knot at The Terrace in Melbourne’s Royal Botanical Gardens. “Each dress represented each girl’s personality and they looked so incredible together.”
Photos It’s Beautiful Here
LISA & THIERRY’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
RED. HOT. is how we’d best describe this epic bridal party. All dressed in their own fave outfits, these ladies fully embraced the ‘2am Vegas’ meets ‘not-a-wedding’ theme, and you better believe we are SO here for it. Take note, friends!
Photos Ricky Gestro
MICHALA & DYLAN’S WOLLONGONG WEDDING
Decked out in one of our favourite bridesmaid dress designers, Bec + Bridge, Michala’s wedding party was super chic and effortlessy elegant. We love that muted chocolate shade and asymmetric cut. If you’re searching for no-fuss bridesmaid gowns in sleek silhouettes and a variety of shades, you can’t go past Bec + Bridge.
Photos Samantha Riles
EMILY & ED’S SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WEDDING
We loved the vintage vibe of this South Australian wedding so much that we printed it in issue 40. Em’s bridesmaids picked their own dresses, which “ranged from new dresses to vintage to ones they already owned and somehow it looks like a planned colour palette,” she says. Pick up your copy at the Hello May shop for a bunch more inspo.
Photos Love Fool
MELODY & LUCIEN’S AUCKLAND WEDDING
There was no way Melody and her maids were not making this list – their all-white outfits from Uniqlo and Zara added to the “romantic and natural” inspiration for this New Zealand wedding. And don’t even get us started on the bride’s killer silver boots!
Photos Kasia Kolmas
CANDACE & JOSH’S MELBOURNE WEDDING
It was all about bright and fun for Candace and Josh, who “loved the colour theme and how much it stuck out. Everything was simple but popped,” they told us. See all the incredible details, including the bride’s Karen Willis Holmes wedding dress, right here.
Photos Madeline Kat
FELICITY & GUS’S GEELONG WEDDING
“Each bridesmaid had a different dress in different shade of pink as well as a mixture of texture and print, and our florist Sarah from Botanica Fresh Flowers and I worked closely together to ensure they each had the right pink in their bouquet to pair back with the dress,” bride Felicity told us. You’ll see the rest of this wedding at Provenance Wines in the Real Wedding Special (shop it here).
Photos Sofia Flinn
ADAIR & ANDREW’S MORNINGTON PENSINUSLA WEDDING
“Spring romance” was the name of the game at this too-sweet wedding, which Cloth and Confetti had a hand in styling. Those pretty pastel tones and varying textures were an instant hit in the Hello May office. You can see the whole shebang right here.
Photos Kyra Boyer
MORGAN & ADAM’S SYDNEY WEDDING
Seriously, how straight-up magic is this colour palette! “The aesthetic we were going for was a more elegant version of ’70s era glam-rock meets 1930s,” the pair share (um,YES!). “We chose a pink and red colour scheme and wanted guests to feel fabulous and comfortable.” See it all right here.
Photos Maple and June
