Corset Account

Corsets have been idolized by both women and men for a long time - 100's of years. The form and construction methods have changed in both type and variety and so have the components and materials used. If you are trying to develop the desirable shape for you, you might be better informed if you have knowledge of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually ones with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be compressed and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

Boning and Busks

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the properties of the boning material, 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.

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that is usually a lighter color and is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. When selecting the spring steel boning for the corset best suited to you the thickness gives way to the width in importance. You know when you have selected a corset with the correct steel boning because it is clearly flexible but is is extremely difficult to bend.

There are also busks which open and are used in the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the more intricate spoon busk followed. Both of these items can be located in our online corset superstore.