Corset Account

Corsets have been used as a fashion item by both men and women for many hundreds of years. The form and construction methods have changed in both type and variety similar to the updating of the items and materials used. If you are trying to develop the best shape for you, you might be better informed if you have an understanding of the types of materials used in today's corsets.

Shaping the Body with Corsets

The older corsets tend to be ones with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you have to constrain and work against the typical shape and inherent curves of woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace up and tighten so much, the remainder of the support is done by the boning.

A good choice in boning material is steel covered with nylon that comes in lighter colors and is made in an assortment of widths, lengths, and thicknesses. When you select the spring steel for the best looking corset for your shape the width gives way to the thickness in what is most important. The steel boning characteristic makes a perfect corset because it is pliable and flexible, but it is nearly impossible to bend them.

Busk fasteners are also used, they open and are located on 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 started with the simplest busk, the complications of the spoon busk was developed around 1870. These items can be found in either our online superstore or our online auctions.