Corset Report

There has been corset worship by both sexes for many centuries. The construction methods and shapes they produce have changed due to new technology and so have the materials used. In order to reproduce the desirable shape for you, you need to have an education of the materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping Corsets

The really old corsets have usually been those with minimal amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh appears to be significantly pressed down 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 comes in a group of thicknesses, widths, and lengths. 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.

Busk front closures are sometimes used, they 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 earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the more detailed spoon busk was created ten years later. The entire collection of thse corsets can be found in our online auctions or superstore.