Corset Report

Corsets have been idolized by both men and women for hundreds of years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing and so have the types of materials used. For you to reproduce the figure you covet, you should have an education of the items available to you today.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The older corsets are typically the ones with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and deliver the appearance of a minimal breast silhouhette. To develop this shape you have to constrain and work against the natural shape and curves of a woman's body.

Boning and Busks

A fabulous corset depends on two primary factors: a) the strength and other factors of the boning material, and b) the ability to tighten the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the boning provides the remainder of the support.

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that comes in lighter colors and is built in a wide variety of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. When you are deciding on the type of steel boning for the corset best suited to you the width is secondary to the thickness. When the correct thickness of spring steel is used it is flexible but it is very hard to bend.

You can construct a corset with busks that open and are usually located on the front of corsets to enable you to slip into and out of your corset unassisted. The busks were created in the 1860's and began with straight busks, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. Any of these corsets can be found in our corset superstore.