Corset Record

There has been an attraction to corsets by both sexes for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have changed over time. and so have the types of materials used. For you to reproduce the correct shapes, you need to have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Using Corsets to Shape the Body

The oldest created corsets are typically those with a minimal amount of curves. Your breast shape looks to be extremely compressed and create the appearance of a minimized profile. To attain this shape you have to contain and fight the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Busks and Boning

A successful corset design is related to two components: a) the characteristics of the boning material used, 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 boning provides the remainder of the support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is white in color and comes in different widths, thickness and length. 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. You are sure when you purchase a corset with the best steel boning because 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 get into and out of your corset without help. 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. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.