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Held Close
April 2026
There is a particular kind of confidence that lives in the details we keep close to the chest; the ones no one else sees at first, but that shape everything that follows.
This issue turns toward those intimate decisions. Sleepwear and lingerie are considered not as afterthoughts, but as the foundation of how we carry ourselves. Fragrance becomes a portal, shifting mood and memory in equal measure. Even the garden takes on new meaning, cultivated not just for beauty, but for curiosity, ritual and a deeper connection to what grows beneath the surface.
Across these pages, authentic self-expression emerges in many forms. Scarlett Luxe reflects on vintage style as a conduit for self-confidence, while Cameon Wade brings clarity to what Poetcore looks like in practice; grounded, deliberate, functional and deeply personal.
What emerges is a throughline of consideration. The understanding that how we present externally is often shaped long before we step into the light.
Thank you for reading, for subscribing and for making space for a community that doesn’t flinch at the unconventional.
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With devotion,
Amanda
Cover Credits:
Model: Scarlett Luxe
Photography: TPK Visuals
Feature Articles
In the Atelier with Videnoir: Gothic Lingerie as Living Art
Darkly inspired designs created to be worn, and impossible not to photograph
By: Amanda Albert
Videnoir’s distinctly gothic visual language draws from a lifelong affinity for the dark, shaped by film, history, art, and architecture. This foundation is reinforced by more than fifteen years of dressmaking experience and a lineage rooted in corsetry and atelier work, carried forward through study and practice.
The design house moves with a near-devotional focus on precise pattern making and refined fit. Construction is approached with equal care, balancing comfort with a strong visual point of view. Each decision is made in close proximity to the body it is intended to shape.
In our conversation with Alice, Videnoir’s co-founder, we step inside the technical architecture behind each piece. She reflects on the references that inform the work, as well as the collections still to come.
Designed for the Divine: National Lingerie Day, Properly Observed
13 female-founded labels creating lingerie for the divine feminine
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
The divine feminine appears the moment instinct is no longer edited. She is intuitive, complicated, occasionally feral and entirely uninterested in being polite for the sake of someone else’s comfort. Lingerie designed for her does not attempt to smooth the edges, it celebrates the body exactly as it exists. Every curve. Every dimple. Even the sharp edge of your attitude.
In honour of National Lingerie Day, we gathered 13 labels founded by women who understand this philosophy intimately. These designers create pieces that treat lingerie as expression.
If your lingerie drawer has been feeling uninspired, the below designers have suggestions. Consider this your lingerie drawer upgrade.
Your Summer Pinup Style Playbook
Bettie, Marilyn, Sophia, Elizabeth and Grace offer five different ways to approach vintage glamour
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
Summer arrives with fresh possibilities.
Longer days stretch into sun-soaked afternoons. Plans take shape somewhere between a picnic, a beach day, a shopping excursion, a BBQ and the promise of staying out a little longer. The question of what to wear begins to bloom with possibility.
It is the perfect season to revisit a style that was built for exactly this kind of light; the pinup aesthetic has always belonged to summer.
The word “pinup” suggests a singular image. A confident woman. A defined silhouette. A certain kind of pose. In practice, it was never quite that narrow. The women who shaped the look approached it differently. Bettie Page preferred a little mischief with her looks while Marilyn Monroe embodied bombshell energy with the wiggle dress. Sophia Loren brought unforgettable curves to coastal glamour, Elizabeth Taylor treated every look like a high-contrast close-up and Grace Kelly moved through elegance with effortless control.
Each offers a distinct mood, forming a summer style guide of pinup-inspired possibilities, from cherry prints and polka dots to silhouettes that shift depending on who is wearing them.
The Dress That Changed Everything: @scarlettluxe on Vintage Style and Self-Perception
A reflection on confidence, chronic illness and the vintage-inspired pieces that make her feel most at home in her body
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
Finding your personal style doesn’t happen all at once.
It begins with a spark. A beloved character. A lipstick shade. A silhouette that feels different. A moment where something clicks, even if you can’t quite explain why. From there, it unfolds slowly. Through trial and error. Through pieces that almost work, then don’t. Bad haircuts. Failed experiments. Through the gradual realization that style is less about arriving at a look and more about recognizing a feeling.
Below, one of our favourite working pinup models, Scarlett Luxe, offers a rare look into her experience of finding a personal style that feels entirely her own. From early fascination to the moment a single dress changed how she saw herself, her story moves through experimentation, confidence and the gradual shift toward dressing for her own gaze.
Along the way, she offers both perspective and practical insight, mapping a path that feels as personal as it does possible.
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The Lace Ledger is a gothic-inspired digital magazine for romantics, misfits and dark-femmes who live just outside the lines.
It’s a space for style, culture, decor, discourse, the arts, wellness, travel, intentional living and beyond — created for those who never fully saw themselves in mainstream media.
For those seeking a publication that values elegance with attitude, this is for you.
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