The summer of 2026 has been a summer of love. Granted, we’ll remember the heatwaves, but we’ll also remember the love-ins. Dua Lipa married Callum Turner. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got hitched. Rumours (and matching wedding bands) suggest Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid have secretly tied the knot. Then there’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez. Perrie Edwards and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Sporty Spice! Paulina Porizkova!
Such star-studded nuptials also delivered a plethora of celebrity wedding guests. Over the weekend, Hailey and Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet all attended Jordyn Woods’s Malibu wedding, while musicians Phoebe Bridgers, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift all travelled to Bath for the wedding of Laura Sisk and Oli Jacobs.
The thing that caught this beauty editor’s eye? The guests’ hair and beauty details. Like Phoebe Bridgers’s perfect up-do, for example. A low bun with swirled, exposed ends and a slick side-parting made for instant wedding hair inspiration. Usually seen with her cool-toned blonde hair loose around her face, the elegant style looked formal without being fussy. Exactly what we’re looking for.
Below, 15 more celebrity wedding guest hairstyles we’re excited to emulate.
Zoë Kravitz
Seen on her way to the Swift-Kelce wedding, Kravitz paired her vintage ’60s Balenciaga dress with a boho take on the half-up, half-down hairstyle. A braided bun formed the top half of her hairstyle while deliberately loose, face framing pieces lay in kiss curls and side strands. A worthy middle ground if you usually wear your hair down but want to experiment with more of a “style” for a special occasion.
Hailey Bieber
Hailey attended Rhode’s head of brand Lauren Rotherbeg’s (now Ratner) wedding wearing a chartreuse Versace gown and a ’90s-inflected up-do. Something like the Oribe Supershine Wax Stick or Bieber’s go-to, the Tancho Tique Stick, makes flattening flyaways a breeze. Then, an array of bobby pins and hair pins makes the securing of the “undone” bun totally undetectable.
Naomi Campbell
For a 2009 wedding in Germany, Naomi Campbell themed her hair, her outfit, her make-up and her accessories. The two sweet red roses added a sense of occasion to her sleek, straight locks and soft, subtly bumped fringe. A simple upgrade to your signature style.
Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid formed part of the bridal party for her older sister Alana’s wedding last year. Her simple hairstyle was perfect to play the role of bridesmaid. Shorter sections around her face were left out, while the back section was swept into a low, gathered ponytail with the bottom sections left loose.
Selena Gomez
One of the first glimpses we had into the glamour of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden wedding was through Selena Gomez and her glinting Oscar de la Renta gown, posted to Instagram by her longtime hairstylist Renato Campora. In the photos, Gomez’s signature bob was pure Old Hollywood, with a voluminous, coiffed side parting and wide, curled under ends.
To imiate the look, start with a big blow-dry, drying the hair up and away from the face, making sure to curl the ends under with the brush or a curling tong. Then, wrap the lower third of the hair into medium to large velcro rollers. The size will depend on the size of curls you want. Leave until cool to the touch (this might take longer than you think, so better to give yourself more time), unfurl, spritz with hairspray, and you’re good to go.
Kendall Jenner
A classic wedding guest – and bridal – hairstyle, make like Kendall Jenner in Venice (for the Bezos-Sanchez wedding) and embrace a tousled bun. Another look that benefits from multiple unseen hairpins: have many more on hand than you need. To perfect the “imperfect” nature of the bun, tease out each side of the shape until you have a flatter, more casual version of a traditional bun. It might take a few tries to get it just right. Then, tong the front pieces to swoop around the face, ending in a gentle flick.
Serena Williams
In May 2018, Serena Williams attended the wedding of her friend Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, wearing an elegant high, braided ponytail. Williams disguised where the ponytail had been secured by wrapping several braids around the apex of the ponytail.
Dua Lipa
What to wear to the wedding of a fashion designer? Something created by them, of course. In 2022, Lipa wore a sheer, white gown by groom Simon Porte Jacquemus, leaving her trademark dark hair loose around her shoulders. A perfect example of keeping the hair simple when the outfit and accessories are statement pieces, a smooth blow-dry and mist of hairspray is really all you need.
Amal Clooney
For weddings that require a hat or a fascinator, wearing the hair down can make removing and re-donning the accessory much more straightforward. To emulate Amal Clooney’s large, waterfall curls, look for a curling tong with a wide barrel and avoid brushing the curls out until they’ve lost all their heat. An insider tip is to gently tug on the ends of each section, to create a wave rather than a ringlet.
Julia Roberts
A timeless, elegant option, Julia Roberts’s French twist is a classic for a reason. An up-do that reigned supreme in the ’90s, the French twist draws the hair away from the face, sweeping it up to the crown of the head. Particularly flattering for highlighted hair (like Roberts’ gold-flecked strands seen at niece Emma’s recent wedding), the style benefits from a few spritzes of soft-hold hairspray.
Gigi Hadid
Created by her go-to hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos, Gigi Hadid wore a bouncy, glamorous blow-dry to the wedding of her friend Taylor Swift. Her heart-shaped layers cascaded into each other while her deep side-part looked set with a styling gel or wax.
Kate Middleton
Photographed outside of her sister Pippa’s wedding, the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, showed off an intricate wedding guest hairstyle. Styled low and to the side, the take on a classic chignon incorporated a braid that’s pinned around itself to create the final woven effect.
Demi Moore
Described by hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos as “forest waves”, Demi Moore’s mother-of-the-bride hairstyle was designed to reflect the ethereal, woodland wedding of daughter Tallulah Willis in Idaho. Soft and celestial, the style benefits from ultra-long, healthy lengths and subtle volume spray for body throughout. If your hair is more on the fine side, try a thickening spray. We like the Kérastase Genesis Homme Strength and Thickness Boosting Spray, or the Ouai Thickening Spray.
Emily Ratajowski
For the wedding of Marc Jacobs and Char DeFrancesco, Emily Ratajowski styled her hair into a slicked-back topknot with shorter pieces left out around her face. With so much detail around the halterneck design of her dress, a hairstyle that pulled the hair up and away from her neck let the gown really shine. A dense bristle brush is just the thing to efficiently scrape the hair back without any bumps.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Make like Priyanka Chopra Jonas (seen here at the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in 2024) and try a swept-over, classic blow-out. The trick to the gravity-defying root volume is twofold; enough tension when blow-drying to shape the hair up and away from the scalp, along with hardworking styling products to hold the lift in place.
