Corset Bulletin
Corsets have been
attractive to both women and men for
hundreds of years. Shapes and construction
techniques have been changing and so have
the materials and types of items used. In
order to create the shape you covet, you
need to have an education of the types of
items available in today's marketplace.
Body Shaping Corsets
The corsets from earlier times have usually
been those with minimal amounts of reshaping.
The breasts appear to be pressed down and their
shape changed to represent a minimized
silouhette. To attain this straight silhouette
you are having to "fight" the natural curves of
most women’s bodies.
Boning, Busks and Other Corset
Techniques
Any top quality corset design relys on two
fundatmental factors: a) the type of material
used in the boning, and b) the amount of
tightening allowed by the lacing design. To
ensure you are comfortable while wearing your
corset you can only tighten and lace up to a
point, the remainder of the functionality is
provided by the support delivered by the
boning.
A fine choice in boning is the use of spring
steel cased in nylon that delivers a pale color
base and is constructed in a wide variety of
thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When
specifying the steel boning for the corset you
choose the width is secondary to the thickness.
When the correct thickness of spring steel is
used it is flexible but it is very hard to
bend.
You can also use busk fasteners that open
and are typically used with the front of
corsets to allow you to dress yourself in the
corset without assistance. The first appearance
of a busk on a corset was near 1860 and began
with straight busks, the elaborate and
intricate spoon busk was invented a decade
later. The entire collection of thse corsets
can be found in our online auctions or
superstore.
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