The Wedding Trends Dua Lipa Just Made Official
Written by Melissa Woods
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There are celebrity weddings, and then there are weddings that actually move the needle. Pop Princess, Dua Lipa's — two ceremonies, two countries, and a wardrobe that fashion editors will still be writing about in five years — is firmly in the second category.
On 31 May 2026, Dua married actor Callum Turner at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London.
No gown. No veil.
Instead: a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture ivory skirt suit, a sculpted blush bustier trimmed in white lace, satin gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat by Stephen Jones lined in gold leaf. The hashtag #SuitBride was trending before the confetti had settled.
A week later, they did it all over again in Sicily — three days at Villa Valguarnera, a Baroque estate in Palermo, with Charli XCX, Donatella Versace, and Elton John in attendance, and a feathered Bottega Veneta gown for the welcome party that absolutely nobody was ready for.
Whether or not you care about celebrity weddings, this one is worth paying attention to — because Dua didn't stumble into a trend. She confirmed several that have been quietly building, and for couples planning their wedding right now, these are the ones to know about.
1. The Bridal Suit
The moment Dua walked out of Marylebone Town Hall in that Schiaparelli two-piece, the conversation shifted. This wasn't a "brave choice" or a fashion risk — it was just what she wore, and it looked completely right. The ivory blazer with its hand-finished gold bijoux buttons, the asymmetric skirt, the bustier underneath: it was bridal in every way that matters — considered, beautiful, intentional — without a single metre of tulle in sight.
She joins a lineage of women who've made exactly this call.
Bianca Jagger in Saint Laurent at the Mairie du 5e Arrondissement in 1971.
Amal Clooney in a custom Stella McCartney suit for their civil ceremony in 2014.
The common thread isn't the suit itself. It's the clarity of a woman who knew exactly what she wanted to wear and didn't feel the need to justify it.
For couples who've spent months feeling vaguely guilty that they can't picture themselves in a ballgown — this is your moment. The suit is a complete answer, not a compromise.
What this could look like for you: A sharp, well-cut blazer in ivory, champagne, or even a deep neutral. An asymmetric or bias-cut skirt underneath. Or trousers, if that's your preference. Pair it with something that makes its own statement like a piece of jewellery, a shoe, a bold red lip, or a hat, like Dua!
2. The Bridal Hat
The Stephen Jones hat Dua wore at Marylebone is the detail everyone keeps coming back to. Wide-brimmed, white, lined in gold — and completely transformative. It took a suit that could have read as understated and made it unmistakably bridal. It also, quietly, referenced one of the most iconic bridal looks in history: Bianca Jagger wore a wide-brimmed hat to her own wedding. The echo was not accidental.
The bridal hat has been gaining ground for a few seasons — on runways, on editorial shoots, and increasingly on actual couples. But Dua wearing one to her own registry office ceremony is the moment it tips from "directional" to "genuinely considered option." And it works particularly well for exactly the kind of wedding that's become more common: the intimate civil ceremony where you want to look extraordinary but scaled to the room.
It also solves a problem a lot of couples don't know they have: the veil question. If you love the idea of a veil in theory but feel slightly unlike yourself when you try one on, a hat is often the answer. It gives you the drama. It gives you the occasion. It's just yours, rather than borrowed from a tradition you're not quite sure fits.
What this could look like for you: A wide-brimmed style in ivory or white for something classic; a sculptural or asymmetric brim for something more editorial. Works brilliantly for civil ceremonies, intimate venues, and the kind of couple for whom "bridal" means something different.
3. The Icelandic Poppy Mono Bouquet
Here's the trend nobody's putting on mood boards yet but my personal favourite: the mono bouquet. One flower, massed together, nothing else. No mixed stems, no greenery, no filler. Just a single variety, held in a bunch. The fact it was the Icelandic poppy, really tips the scale for me. Papery, translucent petals with wiggly stems, adding a pop of playfulness to an otherwise formal-feeling outfit. A mono bouquet of Icelandic poppies — no foliage, no filler — is one of those ideas that looks effortless and yet, its simplicity is very deliberate.
What this could look like for you: Ask your wedding florist for a clutch or garden-gathered style of your chosen flower, rather than a structured shape. The whole point is that it looks like someone just walked into a field and picked armfuls of one perfect thing.
4. Ostrich Feather
The Bottega Veneta gown Dua wore to her Palermo welcome party had a feathered skirt that swept the floor and looked like an event in itself.
Feathers have been on bridal runways for a few seasons now, but they can go two ways: extraordinary or fancy dress. The difference is the confidence you wear it with.
What this could look like for you:The Dolly Feather Sleeve Dress by Rewritten London is a brilliant entry point — ivory, feather-sleeved, and designed to be the second outfit you change into when the speeches are done and the dancing starts.
The Dolly Dress by Rewritten London
5. Complimentary Cigarettes
There's a detail turning up at the kind of weddings people can't stop talking about, and it has nothing to do with flowers or dresses. It's the silver platter of cigarettes. Left out at midnight, usually next to the late-night food, with no announcement. You just stumble upon them at the perfect time.
Whether you smoke or not, it's unexpected, it's generous, and it tells your guests that someone thought about them beyond the seating plan. There's also something slightly hedonistic about it, and we are here for it. It signals that this is a party!
Even if smoking isn't your thing, the point isn't the cigarette. It's the gesture.
What this could look like for you: A tray lined with a linen napkin, a loose arrangement of cigarettes, a bespoke book of matches, and a sign that says ‘Smoke Me’. For the non-smokers: candy cigarettes in a vintage tin, and a sign that says ‘Eat Me’.
The overarching theme from Dua and Callum’s wedding is something longer lasting than a trend — and it’s something Make New Traditions has been saying since day one — stop worrying about what everyone else, do what feels right for you.
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