When Mark proposed, I went straight to the details most people skip: vows, first-dance song, and yes — hair. How would you do yours? It sounds small until you picture it in photos ten years from now.
I asked three brides how they decided on their wedding hairstyles. Their answers might save you a last-minute panic.
Sleek low bun
“Choosing a wedding hairstyle was a no-brainer,” says Jessica Manning, an interior decorator based in L.A. She’s worn her hair pulled back most of her life, so a slicked-back bun felt like the obvious choice. “I wanted to feel timeless — I didn’t want my photos to look timestamped to a certain decade.”
Her advice: think about how you actually wear your hair on ordinary days. Jessica said that when she wears it down she ends up fussing with it and hunting for mirrors. On her wedding day, she wanted zero distractions.
Her stylist set the style with gel for shine and a clean part, then added subtle twists in the back so it felt elevated without looking overdone.
Voluminous curls
Harling Ross Anton is a writer living in Manhattan, and her natural hair is curly. In an ideal world she would have worn it that way to the altar. But they were getting married a mile from the ocean in mid-July — humidity basically guaranteed a coin toss.
So she went with a more controlled style, but asked her stylist to keep the curls looking as organic as possible rather than too neat.
The best part? Her hair actually improved as the evening went on. “I loved it during the ceremony, but I loved it even more when it started to get a little roughed up,” she said. The humidity that worried her turned out to be an ally.
Romantic rose updo
Elle van Lil is a writer based in England, and a former actor. She always loved how her hair looked in period pieces, so she knew she wanted something romantic for the big day.
A close friend did her hair. They started with an updo and loose curls framing the face. Then on the morning of the wedding, her friend arrived beaming and said: “I’m going to create a rose on your head!”
Elle trusted her, and the result was stunning enough that strangers in Birmingham stopped them as they walked to the city center just to photograph it.
She also paired the updo with a headband instead of a veil. It made her feel like a Regency character — specifically, Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek in Bridgerton.
A note from the studio
The thread running through all three stories is simple: pick a style that feels like you, then let the details do the rest. Whether it’s a bun you already wear on Tuesdays or curls that only get better with a little chaos — your wedding hair should be something you’d actually want to keep in for dinner.
What about you? How did you (or would you) do your wedding hair? Leave a comment below — I read every one.
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