Corset Story

Corset worship has been a part of life for both women and men for the last several centuries. The form and construction techniques have been on a continual pattern of change similar to the modernization in the materials and items used. For you to develop the correct shape for you, you might be better informed if you have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Corsets for Shaping the Body

The older corsets tend to be ones with the least amount of reshaping. Your breast shape tends to be compressed and deliver the appearance of a minimal breast silhouhette. To develop this shape you have to constrain and work against the typical shape and inherent curves of 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) the ability to tighten the lacing. In order for the corset to fit you comfortably you can only lace up and tighten so much, the remainder of the support is done by the boning.

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 a corset that will look like it was designed for you the width is of minor concern while your primary focus should be on the thickness. The steel boning characteristic makes a perfect corset 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 get into and out of your corset without help. The first time busks were used was near 1860 and started with a straight simple busk, the complications of the spoon busk was developed around 1870. Both of these items can be located in our online corset superstore.