Importance of Marriages in Building Healthy Societies Coupled With Innovations in Style & Fabrics to Drive the Global Bridal Wear Market

The global market for Bridal Wear is projected to exceed US$73 billion by 2024, driven by continued importance of marriages in building healthy societies; demographic shifts in population the world over guaranteeing plenty of millennial weddings over the next few years; high amounts of spending on lavish weddings, and innovations in fashion, style and fabrics.

The wedding industry globally remains buoyant owing to unwavering demand and increasing number of millennials attaining the marriageable age. Growth opportunities await the bridal wear market in the coming years as the professionally and personally mature millennium generation attains ripe ages for matrimony. Estimated at $300 billion, the global wedding industry holds lucrative business opportunities for bridal brands. While majority of wedding celebrations globally are economical, others have considerable budgets. The bridal wear market, constantly driven by beauty and fashion, capture the magnificence and outgoing, youthful spirit of the modern bride, within the frills, fancies, fabrics and styles of the wedding gowns. Increased focus by women on achieving the ‘perfect’ personal appearance on the wedding day constitutes the primary factor driving market growth. Driven by definite trends, dedicated fashion events, and the availability of a wide range of choices enabling consumers to choose bridal dress and jewelry that complement their personal traits, the market steadily evolved over the years. Bridal dresses with themes revolving around sophistication, elegance, sensuality, femininity, mischief, playfulness, and roguishness, introduced over the past few years, spurred further growth in the market. The bridal market also received a notable impetus from legalization of same-sex marriage across 26 countries that significantly extended the customer base. Various couples planning same-sex marriage are older and mature, and characterized with higher wedding budgets.

Future growth in the market will be driven by the ongoing digital transition and social media proliferation in the wedding industry that has transformed how brides get inspired for their wedding, how a venue for the wedding is found, and how couples and wedding vendors connect with each other thus enhancing the cost, efficiency and selection of bridal wear. Social-media influencers, by posting and marketing awe-inspiring and beautiful wedding pictures, are attracting many loyal followers for bridal brands. Instagram Influencers are essaying an increasingly dominant role in the way weddings are planned and executed where couples planning to get married are under immense pressure to have a wedding that is worthy of being shared on Instagram. Surging popularity of online wedding apparel boosted by the growing prominence of e-commerce; the untapped potential offered by plus-size bridal wear; continued influence of celebrities and actresses bridal dress; growing demand for innovative and novel wedding jewelry; increasing focus on targeting engaged couples; and innovative and distinctively designed bridal wear being launched each season are some of the major factors expected to benefit market prospects in the coming years.

As stated by the new market research report on Bridal Wear, the United States represents the largest market worldwide, followed by Europe. Although these two markets continue to dictate and heavily influence fashion trends in the global market as the finest connoisseurs of bridal wear, the already matured market profile, limited growth in population, changing cultural values and the growing threat of “deinstitutionalization” of marriage” present key challenges to growth. Rest of world, comprising the Middle East and African markets, represents the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 6.1% over the analysis period, supported by rising affluence, increase in the number of high net worth individuals, and a parallel increase in wedding spends.   

Key players in the market include Allure Bridals, Inc., David's Bridal Inc., Elie Saab, Harrods Ltd., Helen Rodrigues, JLM Couture Inc., Justin Alexander Limited, Macy's, Inc., Monique Lhuillier, Morilee LLC, Naeem Khan, Paloma Blanca, Peter Langner, Pronovias Fashion Group, Pronuptia de Paris SA, Sophia Tolli, Temperley London, Theia Couture, Vera Wang, Watters, Winnie Couture, Yumi Katsura International Co., Ltd., and            Zuhair Murad, among others.

The research report titled “Bridal Wear- Market Analysis, Trends, and Forecasts ” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and projections in value for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, Scandinavia, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America (Brazil, and Rest of Latin America), and Rest of World.

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