What will brides be wearing next year?

MANILA, Philippines - If labels like Jil Sander have anything to do with it, brides will be in shirtdresses come wedding season. Frills and fussy layers look like overstuffed cupcakes next to the serene dresses on the spring-summer 2012 runways of designers like Gianfranco Ferre, who debuted a strapless number with a flowing drape.

Though traditional brides will always yearn for triple-decker gowns with enough tulle to stuff a kingsize mattress, today’s modern bride knows a good dress when she sees one — and it won’t be the kind she regrets in a decade.