Corset Record

There has been corset worship by both sexes for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have been upgraded with newer technology and so have the types of materials used. For you to reproduce the desirable shape for you, you may be a better consumer if you have an understanding of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Using Corsets to Shape the Body

The really old corsets are usually ones the a minimal amount of reshaping. The breast flesh looks to be extremely compressed and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

Boning, Busks and Other Corset Techniques

A fabulous corset depends on two primary factors: a) the strength and other factors of the boning material, and b) how tight you can snug up 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.

A fine choice in boning is the use of spring steel cased in nylon that typically is rendered in a lighter color pallette 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 thickness gives way to the width in importance. When the correct thickness of spring steel is used it is flexible but it is very hard to bend.

There are also busks which open and are used in the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the elaborate and intricate spoon busk was invented a decade later. The entire collection of thse corsets can be found in our online auctions or superstore.