Corset Background

There has been corset worship by both sexes for many hundreds of years. The form and construction methods have changed in both type and variety similar to the updating of the items and materials used. If you are trying to develop the desirable shape for you, you might be better informed if you have knowledge of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be compressed and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the properties of the boning material, 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 light in color and is delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When looking for a particular type of 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 very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

There are also busks which open and are located on the front of corsets to allow you the freedom to get into your corset without requesting help from anyone. The busk fasteners were developed near 1860 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.