Corset Background

Corsets have been utilized by both sexes for many hundreds of years. The form and construction methods have changed in both type and variety and so have the materials used. In order to reproduce the correct shapes, you should have an education of the types of items available in today's marketplace.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with the least amount of reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this profile you have to reshape the typical shape and inherent curves of woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the boning provides the remainder of the support.

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that comes in lighter colors 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 you choose the width is secondary to the thickness. When the correct thickness of spring steel is used it is flexible but it is very hard to bend.

Busk front closures are sometimes used, they open and are found on the front of corsets to allow you to put on your corset and take off your corset by yourself. The busk type fasteners were invented around 1860 and initiated with the straight busk, the more intricate spoon busk followed. Both of these items can be located in our online corset superstore.