Winter’s Armour: The Outerwear Trends That Refuse to Yield to the Snow
From sculptural funnel necks to liquid finishes, this season’s coats are made to be seen — not hidden
Winter doesn’t signal the death of style — it’s the stage for it. The months ahead invite bold silhouettes and tactile drama, not shapeless layers meant to conceal.
The FW25 collections proved that outerwear can be sculpture and shield all at once. Designers showing collections across London, Paris, New York and Milan fashion weeks turned the season’s chill into show-stopping moments, introducing three dominant directions: the funnel neck coat, the revival of shearling and faux fur and the high-shine allure of liquid-look textures.
For those who dress with intent, these pieces extend your aesthetic rather than obscure it. Each trend offers a different form of power — structured, sensual, surreal — echoing the gothic principle that what protects can also seduce.
The Art of Adornment: Gothic Accessories to Obsess Over
Because style lives in the details
Accessories are the punctuation marks of an outfit — the subtle embellishments that transforms attire into identity. In alternative fashion especially, adornment is more than decoration; it’s declaration. A scarf can frame a mood, gloves can whisper seduction, a necklace can turn mourning into mythology. The gothic wardrobe lives in this space between function and fantasy — where accessories tells the story before a word is spoken.
The practice of adorning the body stretches back to the first civilizations. Shoes evolved from necessity to symbol, their craftsmanship tied to class and ceremony. Jewellery became a form of language, used to signify faith, fortune or defiance. Bags emerged as both practical companions and intimate vaults of selfhood. Across centuries, these items have moved from the margins of fashion to the forefront of self-expression — extensions of who we are and what we choose to reveal.
Venus Said Yes: A Libra Season Style Edit
Harmonizing elegance with edge for the zodiac’s reigning aesthetes
Happy Birthday, Libra!
It’s Libra season, and we’re raising a glass (crystal, of course) to the sign of balance, beauty and exceptional taste. Each month we curate a style edit for the astrological muse of the moment, and this one belongs to Libra—the eternal romantic, the style icon, the social butterfly cloaked in grace.
Inherit the Night: Discover Your Gothic Archetype
What does “gothic style” mean? If you ask the average person, they’ll likely describe the trad goths (or mall goths) of our youth – head-to-toe black, piercings, heavy makeup, perceived love of horror movies and heavy metal.
While that archetype does hold space, it’s only one shade in a much richer palette of gothic expression. Some of us are perpetually pensive, some are mischievous, some find joy in seduction, some haunt the board room while others convene with nature and the constellations – and we all have different aesthetics.
We invite you to explore the many facets of dark femininity through archetypal discovery, uncovering which persona resonates with your inner darkness. None of us are only one thing, but each has a dominant current (or two) running through her marrow.
The Lace Ledger’s Alt Brand Directory
A guide for the poetic, the provocative and the perpetually overdressed
Honouring your gothic archetype is not solely about fashion—it’s about devotion to aesthetic and experiential autonomy. Whether you drape yourself in lace like armor, stalk city streets in leather, or serve corset-core by candlelight, this directory is for you.
Curated with care, every brand listed here lives at the intersection of darkness and desire.
Otherworldly Scents: A Gothic Guide to Perfumes That Cling to Shadows
A perfume guide for the romantically defiant
A spritz of perfume is the final touch, the last defiance before stepping out into the world - a sensory cue announcing your arrival to the next room you enter. Applied delicately at the wrist or whispered at the throat, we offer our signature scent like a secret to those close enough to pick up the notes.
When a perfume entwines with your chemistry, it becomes singular, unforgettable, distinctly yours. Choose wisely and it can follow you through decades, as recognizable as your laughter or handwriting.
Perfume has an ancient lineage: once pressed from resins, oils and rare flowers for monarchs and places of worship, later distilled for courts and lovers. They’ve always existed in the space between adornment and power, commanding the attention of the senses.
What follows is a guide to fragrance by The Lace Ledge archetypes, each one matched to a scent that carries her presence into every room and leaves the air changed after she’s gone.
6 Haute Couture Houses With Deep Goth Energy
Where velvet bleeds, silhouettes whisper and darkness dazzles.
Couture is art that the fortunate few get to live inside – but its stories belong to all of us.
Each collection is a narrative stitched in silk and shadow, and we love when those stories lean hauntingly beautiful and unapologetically macabre.
With baited breath, we await collections with mourning veils delicately draped, corsets sculpting silhouettes into regal statues, 90s grunge colliding with Victorian vampires and runways drowning in tulle, velvet and lace.
We’ve curated a shortlist of six goth-coded couture houses that consistently stir our imaginations.
The Lace Ledger’s Gothic Jewellery Directory
Jewellery is memory made wearable. A ring can whisper revenge. A choker can signify surrender. A brooch can become a family sigil. Here are six brands that understand that adornment is ritual.
6 Canadian Designers That Understand the Allure of Shadows
Collections steeped in structure, sensuality and shadows to keep you warm on a snowy night.
These Canadian designers don’t just design clothing; they conjure uniforms for the moody, the magnetic, the melancholically divine.
From structured silhouettes to gothic glamour with a modern edge, here are six Canadian designers who understand that darkness isn’t dull—it’s desire, distilled.
Rouge & Ritual: The Lace Ledger’s Gothic Beauty Guide
Five darkly divine brands for romantic rebels
Whether you’re drawing a wing sharp enough to slice through time or layering pigment like armor, these beauty brands speak the language of shadowed seduction and self-expression.