Corset Report

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. In order to reproduce the correct shapes, you should have an understanding of the items and materials you can select from.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The oldest corsets are typically those with moderate amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh looks to be extremely 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.

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 popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that comes in lighter colors and is built in a wide variety of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. When you are deciding on the type of steel boning for your choice in corsets the thickness is what should be checked out. When the proper thickness of steel boning is selected it is quite flexible and it is extremely hard to bend.

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