Corset Account

Corsets have been attractive to both women and men for many hundreds of years. The form and construction methods have been able to be modernized similar to the updating of the items and materials used. If you are trying to develop the correct shape for you, you might be better informed if you have knowledge of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping Corsets

The really old corsets are usually those with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that is usually a lighter color 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 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 very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

There are also busks which open and are used in the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.