Corset History

There has been an attraction to corsets by both sexes for the last several hundred years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing similar to the changes in materials used. In order to develop the best shape for you, you need to have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Shaping the Body with Corsets

The older corsets are typically those with a minimal amount of curves. Your breast shape looks to be in compression and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you have to reshape the typical shape and inherent curves of woman's body.

Corset Fabrication With Busks and Boning

A great corset design depends on two main factors: a) the properties and type of boning material used. and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, the remainder of the support is done by the boning.

Steel boning is typically coated in nylon that is typically a light color and is found in different length, thickness, and widths. When you select the spring steel for the best looking corset for your shape 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 pliable and flexible, but it is nearly impossible to bend them.

You can sometimes find busk fasteners that open and are often used on the front of corsets to enable you to slip into and out of your corset unassisted. The busks first appeared in the 1860's 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.