{"id":41,"date":"2025-10-13T21:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:07:24","slug":"new-york-luxury-bridal-fashion-week-finds-a-new-location-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Luxury Bridal Fashion Week Finds a New Location for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNew York\u2019s leading bridal<\/a> trade show M\u00e9lange de Blanc and The Bridal Council\u00a0have teamed up to debut a reimagined New York Luxury Bridal<\/a> Fashion Week\u00a0to corral bridal designers, buyers and members of the media together under one roof for the first time in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the latest installment of New York Luxury Bridal Fashion Week getting started Tuesday, the rollout of the new format is being planned for April 2026\u00a0at the\u00a0Starrett-Lehigh Building. Once it is up-and-running, there will be a more unified market with runway shows, trade exhibitions and private showroom presentations in one outpost. Spanning two floors and consisting of more than 100,000 square feet, the new set-up aims to up the experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe inaugural\u00a0New York Luxury Bridal Fashion Week\u00a0at Starrett-Lehigh will have a dedicated runway hall, immersive installations and curated presentation spaces. In the months ahead, the dates, brand partners and special programming will be revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe global wedding business was estimated to be $82.42 billion last year, according to Grand View Research. That figure is expected to reach $109.93 billion by 2030, with increased disposable income and rising living standard enabling consumers to spend more on wedding attire. That also has boosted demand for luxury and customized wedding wear. But as tariffs continue to impact bridal designers, manufacturers and retailers, and with the prospect of higher ones looming, the issue of price could become trickier for brides \u2014 and companies \u2014 at all price points.<\/p>\n

\n\tApproximately 90 percent of formalwear garments are manufactured in Asia, including in\u00a0China<\/a>, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Myanmar and other countries that have the skilled labor and infrastructure needed to produce them. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the meantime, M\u00e9lange de Blanc bridal market will host its NYLBFW trade show from Tuesday through Thursday in its current space. Attendees will find couture designers, new international talent, and beauty activations that are being made possible in partnership with Macy\u2019s Herald Square. Last season,\u00a0The Fringe Collective, which prioritizes sustainability, inclusivity<\/a> and diversity,\u00a0announced its move to M\u00e9lange de Blanc, adding more designers to the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tM\u00e9lange de Blanc\u2019s cofounder Kimberly Marcoux said the feedback from both Bridal Council-led meetings and from internal calls with designers and buyers had been the same for years, \u201cNew York Bridal Fashion Week needs cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBuyers are exhausted from crosstown sprints and scattered showrooms \u2014 it\u2019s not sustainable. Everyone misses the days when designers were under one roof at the Piers. We\u2019re bringing that spirit back, as a service to the industry, but in a modern way that serves both today\u2019s brands and tomorrow\u2019s audiences,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough the bridal market does not have the volume of shows and presentations that are scheduled during New York Fashion Week, it does leave retailers buzzing around the city. Next spring\u2019s new locale in the Starrett-Lehigh Building is meant to create a centralized hub to not just find new resources but also connect with others. The Bridal Council\u2019s executive director Michele Iacovelli said, \u201cFor decades, New York has been the heartbeat of bridal fashion. By bringing everyone together under one roof, we\u2019re not just simplifying the market \u2014 we\u2019re elevating it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s leading bridal trade show M\u00e9lange de Blanc and The Bridal Council\u00a0have teamed up to debut a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13,14,15,9,11,10,16],"class_list":{"0":"post-41","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-bridal","9":"tag-inclusivity","10":"tag-manufacturing","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-tariff"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}