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If you’re looking for wedding arch ideas to decorate your own ceremony, it’s not a bad idea to peruse the choices of couples whose celebrations have been featured in Vogue. These constructions of greenery, florals, and other natural elements have made stunning backdrops for to-be-weds as they exchanged vows and entered into the next phase of their relationship. These ceremony backdrop ideas run the gamut from ethereal, romantic displays to constructions that feel a little more avant-garde.
So how does a wedding arch get made, exactly? “Behind every wedding arch is an engineering feat,” explains Amanda Luu, principal of floral design firm Studio Mondine. “The flowers and foliage appear lilting and naturalized, but they’re layered over a frame—steel, wood, or even acrylic—that we secure to handle weight and wind. As we’re a foam-free studio, you’ll find a tangle of chicken wire, bind wire, and zip ties that holds pails of water in place. We install everything in situ, which often takes several hours and careful coordination with the venue and event leadership. We contend with sunlight, temperature, wind, and a photographer’s shot list. It’s closer to building a set than arranging a bouquet. The beauty looks effortless, but the logistics are meticulous.”
Choosing which style of wedding arch would look best at your celebration depends all on your own aesthetic and the location of your ceremony. “The most striking arches feel rooted in their surroundings,” advises Luu. “A cliffside ceremony on the ragged Sonoma Coast might borrow windswept branches of bay laurel or toyon; a historic estate might echo its architecture and grounds with clipped boxwoods or a singular expression of rose canes. Our team would rather push the materials through manipulation to express stronger movement, form, or scale than to merely add more flowers. For us, it’s about capturing a sentiment and a sense of place.”
Ready to craft your ceremony vision? Get some inspiration ahead with 21 beautiful wedding arches from real weddings in Vogue.
1. Triple Arch With Hydrangea, Roses, and Baby’s Breath
At Simone Biles’s beach wedding, three different arches formed the backdrop of the ceremony. Baby’s breath was used to add extra texture to the installation, while roses and hydrangea added softness to the design.
2. Falling Wisteria and Orchid Arch
Cascading purple wisteria and orchids created a sense of movement to frame the vows at model Taylor Hill’s wedding in the Colorado Rockies. While not technically a standalone arch, the arrangement was formed along a wooden structure to create a similar shape.
3. Metal Aisle Arch
At this wine-country wedding, the couple took a surrealist approach to their wedding design and had their planning team craft sculptural metal arches that lined the aisle.
4. Curved Canopy Arch
Don’t be afraid to play with shape when ideating your ceremony structures. At model Karena Ng’s Tuscan wedding, a curved canopy decorated in pink and white florals created a voluminous backdrop for their ceremony.
5. Climbing Rose Arch
One of our favorite ways to create a floral display at a wedding is to have blooms appear as if they have been climbing over an arched doorway for years. At this backyard wedding, the couple chose to have a broken arch where the blooms don t connect at the center.
6. Organic Green and White Chuppah
A simple birch wood structure laid the groundwork for this beautiful chuppah adorned with fluffy, organic blooms. Texture was the primary focus of this design at stylist Liat Baruch’s wedding, thanks to tall grasses and greenery that aren’t as tightly fixed to the central wood poles.
7. Wisteria Door Arch
Wisteria, hydrangea, and delphinium, along with blue and purples blooms, created this stunning arch around the church doorway at a St. Barth’s wedding. The soft petals and mix of shades came together to create a romantic and whimsical display for the ceremony entrance.
8. Greenery and Wood Chuppah
There’s no need for florals to create a beautiful wedding arch. The chuppah at Huma Abedin and Alex Soros’s wedding ceremony was crafted with just wood and soft wrapped greenery.
9. Hydrangea Door Arch
At her New England wedding, Vogue editor Laura Jackson chose to have the door of the church where she hosted the ceremony surrounded with beautiful purple, peach, and white hydrangea. Ferns and other greenery lent a soft texture to the installation.
10. Baby’s Breath Arch
There’s no need to have a huge array of blooms or greenery in your wedding arch if you’re working with baby’s breath. The filler flower has a sturdy structure that allows you to craft just about any kind of installation you want. This Amalfi Coast wedding used it to frame arches all around a church.
11. Wrapped Floral and Greenery Arch
Flowers don’t always have to stay at the front. Wrapping bloom placement around greenery can create an asymmetrical arch that has a touch more visual interest than a typical flower arch, as done at this Newport wedding.
12. Peaked Textural Pink Arch
At a Martha’s Vineyard wedding, the doorway to the bride’s family home was adorned with soft lavender, hot pink, and dusty brown florals. The textural structure has almost a regal feel thanks to the three peaks at the corners and center of the arch.
13. Surrealist Wire Arch
Remember that no flowers are needed to craft a wedding arch if you’re looking for non-traditional ceremony ideas. For their wedding at a sculpture park in the Hamptons, the couple chose to have a series of curved wires create a cool surrealist framing for their vows.
14. Mirrored Solid Arch
Another modern wedding arch idea? Created a mirrored arch backdrop that reflects the aisle and your surroundings back to you. This structure created a dreamy feel at this wedding celebration outside of Mexico City.
15. Grand Rose Doorway Arch
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At Jasmine Tooke’s wedding in Ecuador, the couple had the tall church doors framed with a dramatic arch filled with greenery and white roses. Green hydrangea and baby’s breath help add texture to the massive installation.
16. Lush Garden Wall
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Another way to do a doorway arch? Take inspiration from this English wedding and make the arrangement feel so robust that it appears like you are exiting through a secret garden. Layers of lush greenery and a mix of textural flowers can help you achieve this look.
17. Voluminous Green and White Chuppah
Take some outdoor altar inspiration from model Valery Kaufman’s wedding and have your floral designer craft an arch with extra blooms on top. The use of white florals in this design almost give the arch a cloud-like feel.
18. Yellow Wildflower Chuppah
This minimal wood chuppah at a California ranch wedding received a burst of personality thanks to arrangements of yellow wildflowers that were designed to appear as if they were organically growing from the base. Plants including solidago, flowering juniper, oncidium, and wild mustard were used to create this blooming display.
19. Peach and Pink Floral Arches
Two floral arches lined the pathway to the tented wedding of actor Ryan Bingham’s wedding. Greenery serves as the base, while blooms in hues of pinks and peaches add a romantic pop to the display.
20. Green and White Chuppah With Drapery
The memorable wedding of Sofia Richie was made even more stunning thanks to a large chuppah decorated with orchids, hydrangea, and delphinium. A swath of sheer draped fabric gave the design extra drama.
21. Rainbow Arch
Flowers like hydrangea and orchids were used to craft this colorful floral wedding arch at a French château celebration. The chuppah uses blocks of color as well as plenty of textured delphinium to create this eye-catching installation.
Wedding Arch FAQ
“Arches appear in so many traditions,” explains Luu. “In Jewish weddings, the chuppah represents the couple’s first home. In Christian ceremonies, church doorways and garden trellises were often decorated as thresholds. Even outside weddings, arches have always marked crossings, moving from one chapter of life into the next. I think that’s why they resonate so deeply. When a couple steps under one, the space becomes sacred.”
“Occasionally, we’ll see the ceremony site turned into a cocktail or lounge space. And with some thoughtful floor planning, an arch could live on as a backdrop for a sweetheart table or DJ booth,” explains Luu. “At the end of the night, the flowers and foliage are removed from the structure for composting, the mechanics are carefully separated so that the bulk of it can be upcycled into another display, and the structure gets dismantled and repacked. As much as possible, we try for circular.”
The most important factor of an arch s size is that it needs to comfortably frame the couple. “Most arches are eight to ten feet tall,” says Luu. “Outdoors, we often beef up the legs of an arch so the structure doesn’t disappear into the landscape. It’s about proportion: the arch should feel balanced with its setting.”
DIY wedding arches are possible, but you will need to get the proper tools like chicken wire, bind wire, and zip ties to be able to properly adhere the arch together. Working with your local flower mart or farm can help you curate enough blooms to make this design a reality.
