Corset Bulletin
Corsets have been
attractive to both women and men for
hundreds of years. Shapes and construction
techniques have varied. similar to the
modernization in the materials and items
used. For you to develop the correct shape
for you, you need to have an education of
the materials and items you can choose
from.
Corsets for Shaping the Body
The ancient corsets are usually those with
minimal amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh
appears to be significantly pressed down and
their shape changed to represent a minimized
silouhette. To create this silhouette you have
to work against the usual shape and typical
curves of a woman's body.
Boning, Busks and Other Corset
Techniques
A fabulous corset depends on two primary
factors: a) the strength and other factors of
the boning material, and b) how snug the lacing
can be tightened. In order to ensure a
comfortable fit you can only tighten the lacing
so much, the rest of the support is delivered
by the function of the boning.
A fine choice in boning is the use of spring
steel cased in nylon that typically is rendered
in a lighter color pallette and comes in a
group of thicknesses, widths, and lengths. When
specifying the steel boning for the best corset
for your body type the width takes precedence
over thickness. Spring steel, when it is of the
proper thickness it is somewhat flexible but is
quite difficult to bend.
You can use busks that open and are
sometimes used on 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 initiated with the
straight busk, the more intricate spoon busk
followed. Any of these corsets can be found in
our corset superstore.
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