Corset Bulletin

Corsets have been worn by both sexes for the last several hundred years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have come from a variety of backgrounds. and so have the basic types of items used. If you are trying to create the figure you covet, you should have an education of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping and Corsets - The Perfect Match

The first corsets have usually produces figures with moderate amounts 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 general curves and shape of a female's profile.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that provides a light color base and comes in different widths, thickness and length. When choosing a spring steel for your corset the thickness gives way to the width in importance. You are sure when you purchase a corset with the best steel boning because it is flexible and pliable, but it is very hard to bend it.

There are also busk fasteners that open and are mainly used on the front of corsets to enable you to put on and take off your corset without calling someone in for help. The busks made their debut around 1860 and initiated with a very simple busk, the more detailed spoon busk was created ten years later. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.