Corset Bulletin

Corsets have been used as a fashion item by both men and women for hundreds of years. Shapes and construction techniques have been changing and so have the materials and types of items used. In order to create the best shape for you, you might be better informed if you have an understanding of the types of materials used in today's corsets.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The older corsets tend to be ones with the least amount of reshaping. The breasts appear to be pressed down and their shape changed to represent a minimized silouhette. To create this profile you have to reshape the general curves and shape of a female's profile.

Boning, Busks and Other Corset Techniques

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) the type of material used in the boning, and b) the amount of tightening allowed by the lacing design. If you want to feel comfortable while in your corset you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

A fine choice in boning is the use of spring steel cased in nylon that typically is rendered in a lighter color pallette and is delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When looking for a particular type of spring steel for your choice in corsets the width gives way to the thickness in what is most important. You are able to judge when the correct spring steel boning is selected because it is very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

You can use busks that open and are mainly used on the front of corsets to enable you to put on and take off your corset without calling someone in for help. The busks made their debut around 1860 and initiated with a very simple busk, the spoon busk appeared shortly afterward in about 1870. Both items can be found in our online shop.