Corset Story
Corsets have been worn by
both sexes for the last several hundred
years. The shaping forms and construction
techniques have come from a variety of
backgrounds. and so have the basic types of
items used. If you are trying to develop the
desirable shape for you, you may be a better
consumer if you have an understanding of the
variety of items used in today's
corsets.
Body Shaping and Corsets
The earlier corsets tend to be those with
the least amount of shape or curves. The
breasts tend to be compressed and the
subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a
minimized appearance. To attain this profile
you have to compress and reshape the regular
curves and general shape of a woman's body.
Corset Fabrication With Busks and
Boning
A great corset design depends on two main
factors: a) the properties of the boning
material, and b) how much you can tighten the
lacing. To feel comfortable in your corset you
are only able to tighten the laces so much, the
boning provides the remainder of the
support.
Steel boning is typically coated in nylon
that is typically a light color and is created
in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths.
When selecting the spring steel boning for the
best corset for you the thickness, and not the
width, should be of primary importance. When
the proper thickness of steel boning is
selected it is quite flexible and it is
extremely hard to bend.
You can sometimes find busk fasteners that
open and are often used on the front of corsets
to enable you to get into and out of your
corset without help. These did not appear until
around 1860 and began with the straight busk,
the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in
about 1870. All of these corsets can be found
in either our corset superstore or our corset
auctions.
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