Corset History

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for hundreds of years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing and so have the materials and types of items used. For you to reproduce the shape you desire, you need to have knowledge of the types of items available in today's marketplace.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The oldest created corsets are typically the ones with a moderate amount of curves or 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.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

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 the corset to feel comfortable when you are wearing it you are only able to tighten the laces to a point, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A good choice in boning material is steel covered with nylon that is usually light in color 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 "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.

You can construct a corset with busks that open and are located on the front of corsets to allow you the freedom to get into your corset without requesting help from anyone. The busk fasteners were developed near 1860 and initiated with a very simple busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. Any of these corsets can be found in our corset superstore.