Corset Chronicle

There has always been a following for corsets by both sexes for the last several hundred years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing similar to the modernization in the materials and items used. For you to develop the correct shape for you, you need to have knowledge of the items available to you today.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The ancient corsets have usually produces figures with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. The breasts appear to be in compression and their appearance changed to look minimized. To create this profile you have to reshape the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Corsets: Lacing, Boning and Busks

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) the type of material used in the boning, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

One of the most popular types of boning is steel boning covered in nylon that is usually light in color and is delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When you select the spring steel for the best looking corset for your shape the width gives way to the thickness in what is most important. 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. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.