56 Wedding Bows - Wedding Dress & Accessory Inspiration (2024)

Front Wedding Bows

Jesus Peiro seems to be leading the way when it comes to adding wedding bows to the front of their bridal designs. Classic silhouettes, with structured bows, you can't go wrong. Saskia wore hers to herwildflower weddingin Surrey and looked like a princess. Traditionally placed on the waistline or the chest, these bows accentuate all your best features.

Back Wedding Bows

If you're familiar with 80s wedding fashion you'll know no bridal gown was complete without a big bow on the back. We love that this trend has been revisited, albeit with a slightly more modern twist. The surge inregistry office weddingshas seen more brides embracing short wedding dresses, but the addition of long trailing veils and bows! There's something just so feminine about bows that we love so much. If you're worried that the back of your dress is a little plain or lacklustre compared to everything going on at the front, add a bow!

Shoulder Wedding Bows

We love nothing more than seeing a sleeveless wedding dress finished with a shoulder bow. Delicatechiffon or tulle bowsskimming the shoulders or an elegantlystructured bowgrazing the shoulder..just perfection. Take a look at these real brides below for some truly beautiful inspiration.

Ribbon Wedding Bows

Being able to tie your own bow gives you the opportunity to keep your loops and ribbon the same length or opt for a longer trailing ribbon. Either way, you control the style and tightness ensuring you have maximum comfort and personalisation on how it looks. We love thiscross over designwhere the ribbon is so long it reaches the floor.

Headpiece Wedding Bows

We're not one to shy away from awedding hair accessory. Be that abridal crown, hair vine or headband. We say clip them in, pop them on your head and stand tall. In fact, the bigger the better like thisgiant bow headband. If you want something with more of a personal touch, why not get your hair bow customised with some embroidery? It's the little things we love the best.

Veil Wedding Bows

There are a lot more styles than you think when it comes to wedding veils. So many in fact we've put together anultimate guide to wedding veils. (You're welcome.) Bow wedding veils are so hot off the press they haven't even made it onto our guide yet. But, our talentedRecommended Accessoriessupplier, Rebecca Anne Designs, is ahead of the game and has featured two of her stylish designs ineditorial shootswe've shared. We can't get enough!

Shoe Wedding Bows

We absolutely love it when a bride wears killer wedding shoes and you see them peeping out from under her wedding dress as she walks. Especially if they are in a statementorangeorgold. We're seeing more bows added to the heels and ankle straps of shoes too, which look great with short and midi-length dresses. And, what's perfect about all of the bow wedding shoes featured below, they are all so stylish you can wear them on your wedding day and beyond.

Bridal Party Wedding Bows

Wedding bows aren't just for the bride, they look great worn by your bridal party too. Keep them big and puffy like thisentourage of flower girls, or in a contrasting fabric like thisbridesmaid in a pink chiffon dress. And, bow ties aren't just for balls and black-tie events. Lots more grooms and groomsmen are choosing bow ties over, cravats and traditional ties. We've seenwooden bow ties,metal bow ties, and floral. The possibilities are endless.

Bow Wedding Decor and Cakes

Bows aren't just perfect for your wedding fashion, they're also an elegant choice for your decor! There's something so bridal about bows that make them perfect for chair back decor.If you don't want to decorate every single chair in your reception, just decorate the ones on the top table. Likewise, for your ceremony, you could just do them on the first and last rows or just on the ones you'd like to reserve for immediate family and your wedding party. Plus, they make simplistic but beautiful decor on cakes too! A perfect slice of deliciousness all wrapped up in a bow.

Written by Leah Blundell