Wedding Planning
2025’s Chicest Wedding Themes, According To Hyphenate Influencer Becca Jordan
An influencer, wedding planner and interior designer, Becca Jordan from House of Three Studio, shares her unique design insights and inspiring wedding theme ideas for your big day.
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When you begin your wedding planning journey, deciding on the day’s concept will be one of the first decisions you make. A wedding’s theme sets the tone of your event, and guests expectations of the celebrations. Done well, a good wedding theme ties every element of your nuptials together, from the invitations to the dresses and even the cake. To help you get your scheme right, we sat down with Becca Jordan, a wedding and interiors expert. She explains how her dual roles complement each other, shares her favourite wedding design concepts, and gives us her top tips for creating a wedding registry. Read the full interview, or use the quick links below to jump straight to her roundup of the best wedding themes and colours for 2025.
Becca Jordan on becoming a hyphenate (a wedding planner AND interior designer)...
I always knew that I wanted to be a designer, so I studied interior and spatial design at Chelsea College of Art and Design. After a couple of years working in the interiors world, I landed a job as a wedding designer. Because really, weddings are simply temporarily designed spaces.
While in this job and planning the wedding of a Premier League football player, he asked me if when I’d finished designing their wedding, I could design their home. This was my lightbulb moment, and where House of Three was born. I didn’t have to choose between the two industries; I could be both a wedding planner and an interior designer.
It can be a juggle managing the two, as a small team we currently only take on one wedding per year, meaning that we can give our couples the luxury service they so deserve. We take on more large interiors projects though, but with variable deadlines on those, they can be managed much more easily across the year.
On why these two roles complement one another...
Sometimes I find it hard to switch from industry to industry if working on both in the same day, and I definitely have both a wedding brain and an interiors one, but you’d be surprised by how much actually crosses over. Think mood boards, colour schemes, budgets, spreadsheets, deadlines — both the interior design and wedding planning worlds require lots of the same tasks. So working within both isn’t quite as weird as it might initially sound!
Being a wedding planner makes me a better interior designer because of the attention to detail required. You simply cannot miss a deadline; everything needs to be thoroughly considered and mistakes just simply cannot be made. Experience of working in this way has meant that our interiors projects always run much more smoothly, free from mistakes and almost always on time.
Being an interior designer makes me a better wedding planner because of the experience that I have with on-site teams on a day-to-day basis. Speaking up, loudly and with authority, in a predominantly male-operated building site isn’t always easy. But it’s become second nature to me now, which means that when I need something done on the day of a wedding, I’ll always be able to get it done one way or another.
On her signature style...
Of course, as a designer, I can create any aesthetic that a client or couple might want to achieve, but my own signature style is effortless luxury, balanced textures using a neutral colour palette, with hints of soft colour. I know that neutral colour palettes are quite often seen as boring, but when created correctly, they couldn’t be further from that. They also allow you to add any colour to them throughout the years. So if you’re quite liking the trending sage green, it works with your neutral base. But when it’s no longer popular in a few years time, you can add the next trending colour without having to completely overhaul everything, which is what essentially creates a timeless design.
I find this applies to weddings too. Sometimes we’re working with a couple for up to two years, and of course, the trends and their likes and tastes change within this time. So a timeless neutral base works perfectly for making tweaks and changes to that accent colour. Also, neutral doesn’t mean black, white, and grey. It’s a huge range of muted shades that have different underlying hues that change with different lighting.
On the chicest wedding themes for 2025...
1. Spring Garden Luxe
With an abundance of spring flowers, this wedding theme transports your guests into what feels like a magical garden. Of course, as the title would suggest, you can’t create this theme without flowers, and there is never such a thing in the wedding world as too many wedding flowers! The question of 'How to choose a wedding venue' becomes paramount when aiming for this floral fantasy — it needs to match your wedding theme to bring that luxury garden-like feel to the day.
Pastel pops of colour within the florals add the perfect amount of spring; paired against white details, they keep the design looking luxurious. Little floral motifs could also feature elsewhere.
2. City Chic
Timeless yet sophisticated, you couldn’t possibly look back at this theme in years to come and regret any part of it. It really is so stylish and suited to a couple either from, or looking to get married in, the heart of a big city.
Fashion is such a big part of the city-chic theme. Asking your guests to attend in both Black Tie and Black Eveningwear will create such striking and chic photographs. Little pops of black throughout the rest of the décor, with simple contemporary stationery and all-one-flower bouquets and arrangements, is the perfect way of bringing this theme to life.
3. Dusky Blue
When introducing any colour as a wedding theme, it always works best to add a variety of shades, creating an almost ombre effect. Dusky blue is such a timeless colour. It would create the most beautiful theme paired with misty blue, cloud blue, antique blue, and navy blue, creating a textured colour effect that isn’t too flat.
Using a neutral base for the florals and tablecloths, add your chosen blue to small elements at every stage of your day. Start with the bridesmaids dresses for the ceremony, then feature it on stationery the guests will see throughout the day, and layer the wedding breakfast tables with blue taper candles and water glasses.
4. Pantone Mocha
This wedding theme is super on trend, right now. I link Pantone’s colour of 2025 a little bit to the Latte Trend waving through the interiors industry. Think every colour from creamy, frothy coffee right through to a dark espresso shot dropped into the milk, and all the caramel-like colours it creates in between. This warming, rich, brown mocha, balanced with other neutral shades, is perfect for trend-led couples who don't want to go bright.
Imagine it with cream tablecloths, caramel-coloured napkins, and chocolate brown candles. Mixing bridesmaids dresses and having varying shades of brown would perfectly bring this look together, along with using pampas as the base in the bouquets and other floral arrangements.
5. Romantic
The perfect theme for a true celebration of love, a romantic theme is nothing short of perfection for the wedding of a truly loved-up couple (and especially for a bride that’s been dreaming her whole life of a fairy tale wedding).
Dusky hues and soft colours, particularly blush pink make for a truly romantic setting. Flowers are very important to this scheme, so you'll need a wedding flower checklist if this is the look for you. But visulise blooming, pillow-like florals such as peonies and David Austin roses — they're so pretty and the perfect base for fairytale florals. Keep the rest of your decorations delicate — soft flickering candles, simple knotted napkins, and overhead string lights.
6. Whimsical
Quaint and fanciful, the whimsical wedding theme is the perfect choice for a couple with playful personalities who still loves things to be a little bit fancy. The most brilliant quality of a whimsical wedding is that nothing needs to quite match. So if you can’t decide between a variety of colours, go with them all and dot them within different bud vases along your tables. Mismatching chairs really scream whimsical, as do other quirky elements such as retro sofas to perch on during cocktails or a ceremony set up within the woods.
7. Sage Green
When selecting one particular colour as a wedding theme, I always suggest using a varying shade of it, and even more so with Sage Green. Sage can sometimes be a tough colour to define, and what some people would say is sage, I would say is more like olive green. So by pairing Sage, Olive, and Pistachio greens all together, you’ll create that real impact of soft, dusky green you’re trying to achieve.
As greens are used for their calming effect when decorating, try and dominate the colour throughout the day, so that it doesn’t get lost. Go for mainly foliage-based arrangements, sage tablecloths, and crockery that have little olive details within the decoration, and add sage green water glasses. Don’t be afraid of adding too much sage green to your wedding decorations, you can’t really overdo it with this colour!
8. Classic White
Perfect for a more traditional couple that wants to add a modern twist to their wedding day, you simply cannot go wrong with Classic White. If you’re brave enough, you could ask all of your guests to wear white and choose a completely contrasting wedding dress. But if that’s a bit much, then dress your bridesmaids in a beautifully simple, silky white dress.
Think all-white arrangements, white chairs, white tablecloths, and white candles. White can look so beautiful as long as there are enough different creative elements. A singular white plate on a table with three white candles wouldn’t quite cut it here.
9. Transitional
The transitional wedding theme is a balance between traditional and modern design, creating a luxury, stylish yet timeless look. It’s therefore the perfect theme to choose if you’re a couple that wants their wedding to stand out without following the ‘trends’.
Think neutral colours with a palette made up of whites, creams, tans and greys. Layering your crockery on your tablescape in these shades, as well as using subtle metallic accents like bronze, really helps bring this scheme to life. Add in singular pops of colour here or there in a shade you really love. Perhaps the wedding shoes for the bride could be in that colour?
10. Country Chic
Country, but make it chic, is the perfect theme for a couple marrying in a rural area who want it to feel more sophisticated than a farm. Wilderness Reserve, Babington House, Heckfield Place are great reference points — they take the cottagecore look and make it elegant.
Venues like that alone are so stunning that you don’t have to overdo it on the styling. They already offer rooms for all guests, Wellington boots, umbrellas, etc. So why not add food trucks that look the part, like a Land Rover pizza defender such as Dough and Deer for late-night munchies, or a Prosecco van to fully embrace the theme? Additional touches like hangover kits on each guest's bed as wedding favours really encapsulate this theme.
11. Regency
Now we couldn’t list wedding themes that would create a spectacular big day without referencing Bridgerton, which has brought the comeback of lavish, vintage-inspired weddings.
Regal in design, carry these wedding theme elements through to your dinner and mirror your floral arrangements at either end of the tables — tall candlesticks, crystal, overhead hanging chandeliers, and an absolute abundance of florals. Hydrangeas are great to use for this theme as they create large, fluffy, oversized, regal displays.
12. Luxe Minimalism
The perfect wedding theme for a sophisticated couple that would prefer to embrace the less-is-more moto, with no frills, encapsulating neutral hues whilst still exuding stylish luxury. From a fashion point of view, this probably means simple cuts and clean lines.
For decor, rather than an abundance of flowers, try something a little more pared back, like simple white pillar candles in clear glass vessels running from one length of a long table to the other. It's minimalist, but still offers the perfect wow factor, particularly for weddings hosting their breakfasts later in the day.
13. Pretty in Peach
A pretty in peach theme is the perfect way to fuse formality with playfulness. Peach is such a fun and playful colour; it is suited best to spring or summer weddings, particularly as this is when most peach-coloured flowers are in season.
Try scalloped peach parasols, peach bellinis, sleek peach bridesmaids dresses, a pop of peach for the bride's shoes and perhaps even a peach suit for the groom if he’s a fan of a bold fashion statement. This playfulness can begin with a peach wedding invitation suite.
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On her wedding trend predictions for 2025...
1. Red: I’m not a fan of it personally, but just as it has in the interiors world, red is going to become a popular accent colour for weddings throughout 2025. Think burgundy and rusty red rather than vibrant and vivid, though.
2. Multi-Day Events: Wedding celebrations across several days are becoming increasingly popular. It makes sense — if you’re going to spend so much money on a celebration where you have all of your loved ones in one place, of course, you want to spend the most amount of time possible with them. Picture rehearsal dinners or welcome parties, followed by the wedding itself, then brunches, afternoon soirees, or even pool parties.
3. Luxe Minimalism: Simplifying the design of the day but focusing on higher quality materials and florals is going to be a key theme adding elegance to 2025 weddings and beyond.
On how to weave a wedding theme into your wedding planning process...
Really, if possible, the wedding theme should be applied to each and every part of the wedding, but there are some areas where I’d concentrate the theme slightly more than others to not ‘over do it’.
Starting from the first part your guests see: the invitations. These really set the scene of what’s to come and so including the theme as heavily as possible here is an absolute must. Then on the day itself, try to make sure you don’t have absolutely everything obviously themed. Just have little details referencing it at every part of the day.
So if you've chosen a colour palette as your theme, say rusty red and burnt orange, you don't have to make everything those two colours. Rather than red and orange tablecloths, red and orange flowers, red and orange everything, you could have negroni cocktails and a burnt orange menu for the drinks reception.
On her wedding registry tips...
Well, my absolute top tip would be to book yourself in for a complementary wedding gift list appointment with a Gift Guru at The Wedding Shop's Townhouse. I met with Ronan, and he was so knowledgeable, so if you have no idea where to start, they will definitely put you on the right track.
With what is essentially ‘free money’ you can tend to get a little carried away and add lots of items to your gift list that later down the line you aren’t actually that keen on. A really good approach or question to ask yourself is: Would you personally spend your own money on every item you're adding? If the answer is yes, then it’s definitely something one of the best wedding gifts for you and should be kept on your wedding registry.
There are so many wedding gift ideas that I could recommend, particularly from the 450 brands that The Wedding Shop works with, but these would have to be my top suggestions every time:
Oversized Scented Candles
A luxury oversized scented candle in the same scent that you wore on your wedding day is such a sentimental and unique wedding gift to ask for. I wore Jo Malone Peony and Blush Suede on our day, and I’ve got a large Jo Malone London deluxe candle in the same scent. It largely sits as a styling prop, but every anniversary we light it, and it honestly takes me straight back to the day. The nostalgic scent it can bring is something else!
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Guest Bathroom Towels
There is something quite special about hosting your guests post-wedding and them being able to use an item that they’ve actually purchased for your celebration. Also, who doesn’t love visiting someone else’s house and having soft, sumptuous towels to use?
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Once you have settled on your wedding theme and you embark further on your wedding planning journey, you might find our resources helpful. Explore our wedding planning checklist, or our guide to wedding budgets. Considering setting up a wedding gift list? Read our explainer on what is a wedding registry, or hop straight into our starter collections to begin creating a gift list that reflects your unique style and will be treasured for years to come.
House of Three is a London and Surrey-based design studio specialising in luxury residential and commercial interior design and luxury wedding planning. Discover their wedding planning services here, or browse House of Three Instagram for more interior and wedding planning inspiration. All photos courtesy of Becca Jordan/House of Three, The White Company and Jo Malone.
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