Laced Up: 18 Iconic Corsets from Film & Television
From Scarlett O'Hara to Xena, these are the underpinnings that stepped beyond the screen and into fashion history
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
Few garments have worked harder in film than the humble corset.
For more than a century, costume designers have used it to communicate everything from power and ambition to romance, rebellion and utter ruin. A single tightening lace can signal the expectations placed upon a young woman. A structured bodice can transform a queen into a monarch of the ages, a vampire into a legend or a showgirl into an icon. Long before a character speaks, the corset often tells us exactly who they are.
Some became inseparable from the stories themselves. Scarlett O'Hara's lacing scene in Gone with the Wind remains one of the most famous moments in Hollywood history while Satine's ruby corset came to define an entire era of fashion when donned by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.
From gothic heroines and doomed aristocrats to pirates, vampires and queens, these are a few of our favourites.
5 Ways to Wear Pantone’s 2026 Colour of the Year “Cloud Dancer” with Soft-Goth Energy
From Victorian to Vampire and Castlecore, here’s how to turn fashion’s palest shade into something deliciously dark
Cloud Dancer may look innocent at first glance, but the shade carries a haunted softness that feels pulled from marble statues and Victorian night gowns. In the hands of those who adopt a darker aesthetic, the Pantone becomes operatic. The colour of myth, memory and moonlit stone.
The runways of SS26 laid out a blueprint. Designers leaned into palest neutrals with a gothic undertow, which means the shade is not only wearable for the alt-inclined—it is inevitable. Our Pantone edit moves through five distinct themes, each inspired by 2025 + 2026 couture designer collections and timely cultural moments in film.