Corset Background

There has been corset worship by both sexes for 100's of years. The various shapes and construction methods 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 assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually those with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the iherent shape and curves of a lady's body.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

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 are only able to tighten the laces so much, the rest of the support is provided by the boning.

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that is usually a lighter color and is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. 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 clearly flexible but is is extremely difficult 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 busks made their debut around 1860 and initiated with a very simple busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.