Corset Bulletin

There has been corset worship by both sexes for 100's of years. The various shapes and construction methods have come from a variety of backgrounds. and so have the components and materials used. In order to create the correct figure, you should have an understanding of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be compressed and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you have to reshape the general curves and shape of a female's profile.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) the type of material used in the boning, and b) the amount of tightening allowed by the lacing design. If you want to feel comfortable while in your corset 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 delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When looking for a particular type of spring steel for your choice in corsets 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 located on the front of corsets to allow you the freedom to get into your corset without requesting help from anyone. The busk fasteners were developed near 1860 and launched with simple busks, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.