Corset Record

Corset worship has been a part of life for both women and men for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have been upgraded with newer technology and so have the types of materials used. For you to reproduce the shape you desire, you need to have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

The Corset Body Shaping Story

The oldest corsets are typically those with moderate amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh looks to be extremely compressed and their appearance reshaped. To develop this silhouette you must work against the curves and shape of of a woman's body.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

A corset of high quality depends on two main factors: a) the characteristics of the boning material used, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the boning provides the remainder of the support.

Spring steel boning is nylon-coated steel that is white in color and comes in different widths, thickness and length. When choosing a spring steel for the corset best suited to you the thickness gives way to the width in importance. You are sure when you purchase a corset with the best steel boning because it is flexible and pliable, but it is very hard to bend it.

You are able to also find busks that open and are mainly used 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.