Corset Background

There has been corset worship by both women and men for many centuries. The construction methods and shapes they produce have changed in both type and variety and so have the components and materials 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 tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that is usually a lighter color and is built in a wide variety of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. When you are deciding on the type of steel boning for the corset best suited to you 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 very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

There are also busks which open and are usually located on the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.