Corset History

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for hundreds of years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing and so have the materials and types of items used. In order to develop the best shape for you, you should have an education of the types of items available in today's marketplace.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The corsets from earlier times have usually been those with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. The breasts appear to be pressed down and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you have to reshape the general curves and shape of a female's profile.

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) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

One of the most popular types of boning is steel boning covered in nylon that is usually light in color and is delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When choosing a spring steel for your corset the "thickness" is more important than the width. Spring steel, when it is of the proper thickness it is really flexible but it is almost impossible to bend.

Busk fasteners are also used, they open and are located on the front of corsets to allow you the freedom to get into your corset without requesting help from anyone. The busks made their debut around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in about 1870. Both items can be found in our online shop.