Corset History

There has been an attraction to corsets by both women and men for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have changed due to new technology similar to the changes in materials used. In order to reproduce the correct shape for you, you should have an education of the variety of items used in today's corsets.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The corsets built a long time ago have usually been the ones with the least amount of curves. Your breast shape tends to be compressed 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.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

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. If you want to feel comfortable while in your corset you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel 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 gives way to the thickness in what is most important. You are able to judge when the correct spring steel boning is selected because it is very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

You can use busks that 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 started with the simplest busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.