Corset History

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 desirable shape for you, you may be a better consumer if you have an understanding of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually ones the a minimal amount of reshaping. Your breast shape appears to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To attain this profile you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

A corset of high quality depends on two main factors: a) the properties of the boning material, and b) how much you can tighten the lacing. To feel comfortable in your corset 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 is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. When selecting the spring steel boning for the best corset for you the thickness, and not the width, should be of primary 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.

You are able to also find busks that open and are mainly used on the front of corsets to enable you to get into and out of your corset without help. These did not appear until around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in about 1870. All of these corsets can be found in either our corset superstore or our corset auctions.