Corset Chronicle

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for the last several hundred years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing similar to the modernization in the materials and items used. For you to develop the correct shape for you, you should have an education of the types of items available in today's marketplace.

Body Shaping and Corsets - The Perfect Match

The corsets from earlier times have usually produces figures with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. The breasts appear to be in compression and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you have to contain the general shape and curves of a female's body.

Corsets: Lacing, Boning and Busks

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you should only tighten and lace up so much, you can rely on the boning material to deliver the remainder of the support.

Steel boning is typically coated in nylon that is typically a light color and is found in different length, thickness, and widths. When selecting the spring steel boning for the best corset for you the thickness, and not the width, should be of primary importance. You can tell when you have selected the proper spring steel boning because it is flexible and pliable, but it is very hard to bend it.

You can sometimes find busk fasteners that open and are often used on the front of corsets to enable you to get into and out of your corset without help. These did not appear until around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in about 1870. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.