Corset Lowdown

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for hundreds of years. The form and construction techniques have been on a continual pattern of change and so have the components that are used. If you are trying to create the correct shapes, you need to have an understanding of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The ancient corsets are usually those with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and their shape diminished. To attain this shape you have to contain and fight the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Busks and Boning

A corset of high quality depends on two main factors: a) the characteristics of the boning material used, and b) the ability to pull together the lacing. In order for you to have a comfortable feeling while wearing your corset you are capable of lacing up only so much, you should rely on the boning material to provide the rest of the structural support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is white in color and comes in different widths, thickness and length. When choosing a spring steel for your choice in corsets the thickness is what should be checked out. When the proper thickness of steel boning is selected it is very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

There are also busk fasteners that open and are used for the front of corsets to allow you to put your corset on and off without help. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the more detailed spoon busk was created ten years later. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.