Corset Background

There has been corset worship by both sexes for many centuries. The construction methods and shapes they produce have changed in both type and variety and so have the components and materials used. If you are trying to create the desirable shape for you, you may be a better consumer if you have an understanding of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually ones the a minimal amount of reshaping. Your breast shape tends to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Boning and Busks

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the properties of the boning material, and b) how much you can tighten the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the boning provides the remainder of the support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is usually a lighter color and is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. When you are deciding on the type of steel boning for the best looking corset for your shape the "thickness" is more important than the width. Spring steel, when it is of the proper thickness it is somewhat flexible but is quite difficult to bend.

You can construct a corset with busks that open and are used for the front of corsets to allow you to put your corset on and off without help. The busks first appeared in the 1860's and initiated with a very simple busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. Any of these corsets can be found in our corset superstore.