Corset Background

Corset worship has been a part of life for both women and men for 100's of years. The various shapes and construction methods have changed in both type and variety and so have the components and materials used. If you are trying to create the figure you desire, you should have knowledge of the materials and items you can use in today's marketplace.

The Corset Body Shaping Story

The oldest corsets tend to be those with the least amount of shape or curves. The breasts tend to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To attain this profile you have to work against the curves and shape of of a woman's body.

Corset Fabrication With Busks and Boning

A great corset design depends on two main factors: a) the properties of the boning material, and b) how much you can tighten the lacing. To feel comfortable in your corset you should only tighten and lace up so much, you should rely on the boning for providing the rest of the support.

Steel boning is typically coated in nylon that is typically a light color and comes in a group of thicknesses, widths, and lengths. When you are making a selection for the type of steel boning for a corset that will look like it was designed for you the width is of minor concern while your primary focus should be on the thickness. When the proper thickness of steel boning is selected it is quite flexible and it is extremely hard to bend.

You can sometimes find busk fasteners that open and are often used on the front of corsets to allow you to slide into and out of your corset without another person's help. The first time busks were used was near 1860 and started with a straight simple busk, 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.