Corset Record

There has always been a following for corsets by both sexes for the last several hundred years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have been upgraded with newer technology similar to the modernization in the materials and items used. If you are trying to create the figure you covet, you should have an education of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The first corsets have usually produces figures with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. Your breast shape appears to be in compression and their appearance changed to look minimized. To attain this shape you have to contain and fight the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Corsets: Lacing, Boning and Busks

Success depends on two things: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. To feel comfortable in your corset you should only tighten and lace up so much, you can rely on the boning material to deliver the remainder of the support.

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that provides a light color base and is made in an assortment of widths, lengths, and thicknesses. When you select the spring steel for the best corset for you the thickness, and not the width, should be of primary importance. You can tell when you have selected the proper spring steel boning because it is really flexible but it is almost impossible 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. These did not appear until around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in about 1870. Both items can be found in our online shop.