Corset Chronicle

Corsets have been worn by both sexes for the last several centuries. The form and construction techniques have been upgraded with newer technology similar to the modernization in the materials and items used. If you are trying to create the figure you covet, you should have an education of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The first corsets have usually produces figures with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. Your breast shape looks to be contained and give the look of a minimized profile. To attain this profile you have to contain the general shape and curves of a female's body.

Busks and Boning

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 good choice in boning material is steel covered with nylon that delivers a pale color base and is constructed in a wide variety of thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When specifying the steel boning for your corset 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 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 launched with simple busks, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.