Corset Chronicle

Corsets have been used as a fashion item by both sexes for the last several centuries. The form and construction techniques have changed due to new technology similar to the changes in materials used. In order to develop the correct shapes, you need to have an understanding of the materials available to you on today’s market.

Shaping the Body with Corsets

The older corsets are typically those with a minimal amount of curves. Your breast shape looks to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To attain this profile you have to constrain and work against the iherent shape and curves of a lady's body.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the type and strength of boning used, and b) how snug the lacing can be tightened. In order to ensure a comfortable fit you can only tighten the lacing so much, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A useful boning material is nylon cased spring steel that delivers a pale color base and is constructed in a wide variety of thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When specifying the 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 pliable and flexible, but it is nearly impossible to bend them.

You are able to also find busks that open and are mainly used on the front of corsets to allow you to slide into and out of your corset without another person's help. The busk fasteners were developed near 1860 and launched with simple busks, today's spoon busk was created more than a decade later. All of these corsets can be found in either our corset superstore or our corset auctions.