Corset Bulletin

Corsets have been utilized 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 correct shape for you, you might be better informed if you have knowledge of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The corsets from earlier times have usually been those with minimal amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh appears to be pressed down and their shape changed to represent a minimized silouhette. To create this silhouette 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. For the sake of comfort 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 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 width is secondary to the thickness. When the correct thickness of spring steel is used it is flexible but it is very hard to bend.

Busk fasteners are also used, they 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 began with straight busks, the elaborate and intricate spoon busk was invented a decade later. The entire collection of thse corsets can be found in our online auctions or superstore.