Corset History

Corset worship has been a part of life for both women and men for the last several hundred years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have changed over time. and so have the types of materials used. For you to reproduce the figure you desire, you should have knowledge of the materials and items you can use in today's marketplace.

Using Corsets to Shape the Body

The oldest created corsets tend to be those with the least amount of shape or curves. The breasts tend to be in compression and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you must work against the natural shape and curves of a woman's body.

Corset Fabrication With Busks and Boning

A corset of high quality depends on two main factors: a) the characteristics of the boning material used, and b) the level of lacing tightening. If you want the corset to feel comfortable when you are wearing it you are capable of lacing up only so much, you should rely on the boning material to provide the rest of the structural support.

Steel boning is typically coated in nylon that is white in color and comes in different widths, thickness and length. When choosing a spring steel for your corset the thickness is of primary importance. When the right spring steel is used it is pliable but it is really hard to bend.

You are able to also find busks that 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 allowed construction with straight busks, today's spoon busk was created more than a decade later. All of these corsets can be found in either our corset superstore or our corset auctions.