Corset Bulletin

There has always been a following for corsets by both sexes for hundreds of years. Shapes and construction techniques have varied. and so have the materials and types of items used. In order to create the correct figure, you need to have knowledge of the items available to you today.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and their shape changed to represent a minimized silouhette. To create this silhouette you have to contain and fight the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

A quality corset depends on two 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 are able to lace and tighten up to a point, the boning provides the remainder of the support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is white in color and is manufactured in a collection of widths, lengths, and thicknesses. When you are looking to select steel boning for your favorite corset style the thickness is of primary importance. When the proper thickness of steel boning is selected it is quite flexible and it is extremely hard to bend.

You are able to also find busks that open and are mainly used 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.