Corset Bulletin

Corsets have been used as a fashion item by both men and women for centuries. The shapes formed by the various construction methods have been able to be modernized similar to the updating of the items and materials used. In order to create the correct figure, you should have an understanding of the types of materials used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with moderate amounts of reshaping. The breasts look to be constrained and their appearance reshaped. To attain this straight silhouette you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. 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.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that comes in lighter colors and is built in a wide variety of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. When you are deciding on the type of steel boning for the corset best suited to you 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 construct a corset with busks that open and are often used on the front of corsets to enable you to slip into and out of your corset unassisted. The busks were created in the 1860's and began with straight busks, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. Any of these corsets can be found in our corset superstore.