Corset Record
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 over time. and so have the
types of materials used. In order to
reproduce the correct shapes, you need to
have an understanding of the items and
materials you can select from.
Body Shaping and Corsets
The oldest corsets are typically those with
a minimal amount of curves. The breasts appear
to be pressed down and their shape changed to
represent a minimized silouhette. To create
this profile you have to reshape the general
curves and shape of a female's profile.
Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts
Any top quality corset design relys on two
fundatmental factors: a) the type of material
used in the boning, and b) the level of lacing
tightening. If you want the corset to feel
comfortable when you are wearing it you are
capable of lacing up only so much, you should
rely on the boning material to provide the rest
of the structural support.
One of the most popular types of boning is
steel boning covered in nylon that is white in
color and comes in different widths, thickness
and length. When choosing a spring steel for
your corset the thickness is of primary
importance. When the right spring steel is used
it is pliable but it is really hard to
bend.
Busk fasteners are also used, they open and
are mainly used on the front of corsets to
enable you to put on and take off your corset
without calling someone in for help. The busks
made their debut around 1860 and allowed
construction with straight busks, the modern
spoon busk was developed approximately ten
years later. These corsets call all be found in
our online corset superstore.
|
