Corset Chronicle

Corsets have been attractive to both women and men for the last several centuries. 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 reproduce the shape you covet, you need to have an education of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The corsets from earlier times have usually been those with minimal amounts of reshaping. Your breast shape looks to be contained and give the look of a minimized profile. To develop this profile you have to contain and fight the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Corset Facts about Boning, Lacing, and Busks

A successful corset design is related to two components: a) the type and strength of boning used, and b) how snug the lacing can be tightened. In order to ensure a comfortable fit you are only able to tighten the laces to a point, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

One of the best boning materials is nylon covered steel that is pale white in color and is constructed in a wide variety of thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When specifying the steel boning for the best corset for your body type the "thickness" is more important than the width. Spring steel, when it is of the proper thickness it is somewhat flexible but is quite difficult to bend.

Busk front closures are sometimes used, they open and are typically used with the front of corsets to allow you to dress yourself in the corset without assistance. The first appearance of a busk on a corset was near 1860 and initiated with the straight busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.