2025 Bridal Trend Report: A Jeweler’s Guide to What’s Next
Make sure you're prepared for the 2025 bridal year with Stuller's trend report.
As 2025 approaches, the world of bridal jewelry is set to shine brighter than ever with new trends that reflect ever-evolving tastes and traditions. Staying ahead of these shifts is key for jewelers looking to captivate their clientele with pieces that symbolize one of the most meaningful days of their lives.
This year, expect to see bold statements and delicate details thriving together as couples embrace individuality and personalization like never before. From innovative designs to reimagined classics, our 2025 Bridal Trend Report highlights the must-know styles and insights to inspire your offerings.
Let’s explore three main trends and sub-trends to be prepared for in 2025.
One-of-a-Kind Bride
This upcoming year, brides will be looking to find new ways to express themselves and their individuality. Expression moves beyond tradition, inviting brides to embrace creativity and make bold decisions about their jewelry. Jewelers have an opportunity to meet this demand by offering versatile options that cater to a variety of styles.
Bold Aesthetics
In the upcoming year, brides will be looking to have their moment with bold aesthetics that stand out from the crowd. They are looking for
- Contoured engagement rings
- Offset center stones
- Organic styling
- Fancy shapes
- Patterned shanks
These elements of self-expression are touching and personal and allow your customers to feel special on their perfect day.
Colorful Stones
Throughout 2024, colorful stones have been a common trend, and that is set to continue into 2025. These Gemstones are a chance for brides to add a touch of color to their ring , including
- Personal stones, such as birthstones, milestone gems, and favorite gemstones
- Trending colors, including the continued dominance of green
Help brides embrace their creativity by encouraging a selection of vibrant gemstones that reflect their personality or meaningful aspects of their love story.
Stacking Stories
Brides are embracing stacking as a way to combine multiple pieces into a unique expression of their love story. Rings can be stacked together in a variety of ways to achieve classic and modern looks:
- Incorporating personal gemstones and meaningful engravings
- Varying ring styles, such as band thickness and ring enhancers
- Using inspiration stacks, such as classic, luxury, and designer stacks
- Mixing metals
By encouraging brides to experiment with these stacking options, you can help them to craft a unique collection that captures their everlasting love.
Customizable Designs
A great way to allow 2025 brides to create a one-of-a-kind bridal jewelry is through a custom design. The Stuller Custom Suite offers options that make it easy to create a custom piece, such as
- Customizable 3C Designs
- Modify a Style
- Submit a Sketch
With the help of the Stuller Custom Suite, you can aid customers with their customization needs to bring their dream bridal jewelry to life.
Check out our team’s picks for the one-of-a-kind bride.
More is More
In 2025, the bridal jewelry scene is embracing the philosophy that more is truly more. Brides are moving toward designs that feature bold metalwork and larger center stones, to make a statement in every possible way. This trend encourages you to think bigger, and to offer pieces that combine luxurious materials and intricate details for a striking, elevated look.
More Metal
The “more metal” trend embraces bold, thicker metals and unique designs, offering brides a chance to make a powerful statement with their jewelry. Some examples of these metal-heavy looks include
- Heavy and wide metal bands
- Puffed metal styles
- Grooved and fluted
- Cigar bands
By embracing bold metals and uncommon textures, you can help brides express their bold personalities through these standout pieces.
More Stones
This rising trend in 2025 celebrates the beauty of larger carat weights and more featured stones to create a fuller, more luxurious look. These multi-stone looks highlight
- Larger carat total weights
- Lab–grown stones
- Three– and five–stone engagement rings and anniversary and wedding bands
- Fancy-shaped side stones — such as pear — that slank a stunning center stone
This trend invites you to offer impactful, sparkling pieces that offer brides a luxurious, layered look that will stand the test of time.
Check out our team’s picks for styles that go above and beyond.
Manly Motifs
This past year, we’ve seen a steady rise in men’s bands that embrace masculinity and strength while still celebrating the beauty of love and commitment. This trend introduces a fresh approach to bridal jewelry, incorporating everything from dark, sleek metals to sculptural, organic shapes that are sure to capture the eye of any groom.
Bold Materials
This trend is all about pushing the boundaries of traditional bridal design by incorporating unique, uncommon materials in the bands that make a striking statement, including
- Two-tone classic and fancy precious bands
- Classic contemporary bands and inlay contemporary metal bands
- Inlay bands that reflect hobbies or natural elements or materials
By embracing these distinctive materials, you can offer grooms a chance to create distinctive, one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect their unique style and personality.
Diamonds for Him
Brides don’t have to be the only ones with a stunning stone. More men are embracing the elegance of diamonds in their bridal jewelry. Here are examples of how jewelers are incorporating diamonds into men’s wedding bands:
- Accented bands
- Three- and five-stone bands
- Solitaires
By incorporating diamonds into men’s bridal jewelry, you can offer bold, timeless pieces that enhance both the strength and sophistication of modern masculine designs.
Embracing the Dark
In the new year, prepare to see a continuing rise of dark-hued stones and contemporary metals that take bridal jewelry into an edgy, new direction. Here are some ways that you can introduce this style to your customers
- Contemporary metals, such as tungsten and ceramic
- Dark stones, such as Black Zircon, Emeralds, and Black Diamonds
By incorporating these styles, you can offer brides and grooms bold, contemporary pieces that break away from tradition and make a powerful statement.
Find Him in the Details
Wedding bands in this up-and-coming trend are defined by their fine details with nature-inspired motifs and geometric shapes that offer a modern yet timeless appeal. Some styles that outline these creative elements include
- Organic flows, such as wave designs, inspired by the world around us
- Sculptural and flowing shapes that create depth and movement
- Geometric patterns
- Floral designs that reflect natural elements
- Woven or rope designs that replicate a simple weave with intricate details
By incorporating these intricate details and design elements, you can create wedding bands that not only reflect personal style but also tell a lasting story.
Check out our team’s picks for the man looking to stand out.
Trend Research: Insights and Inspiration
Our team of bridal experts conducted extensive research to uncover the defining trends of 2025. By analyzing key sources, such as recent runway collections and high-profile celebrity engagements, we identified the emerging styles resonating with modern brides and grooms. Beyond fashion, we examined broader market trends to understand shifts in consumer preferences and priorities, ensuring our predictions are rooted in real-world demand.
To add depth to our research, we also reviewed our internal bridal data from the past year, drawing insights from the preferences of our customers. These data-driven findings were further developed through conversations with jewelers at trade shows. By combining these perspectives, our team has developed an understanding of the styles and trends shaping the future of bridal jewelry.
For All Your Bridal Needs
To help you stay up to date and stocked with the most popular styles, Stuller is here to support you with everything you need for 2025’s bridal trends. Whether you need trend-driven designs or timeless classics, we’re your partner in preparing for a successful year ahead.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emmie Montet
Staff Writer
Emmie is a recent graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a degree in Creative Writing. She is passionate about crafting compelling stories that she can share with the world.