Corset History

There has been corset worship by both sexes for the last several hundred years. The construction methods and shapes they produce have changed due to new technology and so have the components and materials used. If you are trying to create the figure you covet, you may be a better consumer if you have an understanding of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually ones the a minimal amount of reshaping. Your breast shape appears to be constrained and their appearance reshaped. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Boning and Busks

A corset really depends on two rudimentary factors to be successful: a) the type of boning material used, and b) the ability to pull together the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the remainder of the functionality is provided by the support delivered by the boning.

One of the best boning materials is nylon covered steel that is pale white in color 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 best suited to you 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.

Busk front closures are sometimes used, they open and are usually located on the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and started with the simplest busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.