Corset Story

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have come from a variety of backgrounds. and so have the basic types of items used. If you are trying to reproduce the figure you covet, you should have an education of the types of items available in today's marketplace.

Body Shaping and Corsets - The Perfect Match

The first corsets have usually produces figures with moderate amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh looks to be extremely compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To attain this profile you have to contain the curves and shape of of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

A corset of high quality depends on two main factors: a) the characteristics of the boning material used, and b) how much you can tighten the lacing. To feel comfortable in your corset you should only tighten and lace up so much, you should rely on the boning for providing the rest of the support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is white in color and is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. When looking for a particular type of 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.

You can use busks that open and are sometimes used on the front of corsets to allow you to slide into and out of your corset without another person's help. The busk fasteners were developed near 1860 and launched with simple busks, today's spoon busk was created more than a decade later. All of these corsets can be found in either our corset superstore or our corset auctions.