Corset History

There has been an attraction to corsets by both sexes for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have been upgraded with newer technology similar to the changes in materials used. In order to develop the best shape for you, you need to have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Shaping the Body with Corsets

The older corsets tend to be ones with a minimal amount of curves. Your breast shape looks to be contained 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.

Busks and Boning

A successful corset design is related to two components: a) the type and strength of boning used, 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".

Steel boning is typically coated in nylon that is typically a light color and is found in different length, thickness, and widths. 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. You are able to judge when the correct spring steel boning is selected because it is pliable and flexible, but it is nearly impossible to bend them.

You can sometimes find busk fasteners that open and are used for the front of corsets to allow you to put your corset on and off without help. The first time busks were used was near 1860 and started with a straight simple 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.