Corset Report

Corsets have been idolized by both sexes for many hundreds of years. Shapes and construction techniques have varied. and so have the materials used. In order to create the shape you desire, you need to have knowledge of the items available to you today.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The oldest created corsets are typically the ones with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breasts appear to be pressed down and their shape changed to represent a minimized silouhette. To attain this shape you have to contain and fight the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) the type of material used in the boning, and b) the level of lacing tightening. If you want the corset to feel comfortable when you are wearing it you are only able to tighten the laces to a point, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A useful boning material is nylon cased spring steel that delivers a pale color base and is constructed in a wide variety of thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When choosing a spring steel for your corset the "thickness" is more important than the width. When the right spring steel is used it is pliable but it is really hard to bend.

You can also use busk fasteners that open and are typically used with the front of corsets to enable you to put on and take off your corset without calling someone in for help. The busks made their debut around 1860 and initiated with a very simple busk, the modern spoon busk was developed approximately ten years later. These corsets call all be found in our online corset superstore.