Corset Story

Corsets have been attractive to both sexes for many hundreds of years. The shapes formed by the various construction methods have been able to be modernized similar to the updating of the items and materials used. If you are trying to reproduce the shape you covet, you need to have an education of the items available to you today.

Body Shaping Corsets

The corsets from earlier times have usually been those with a moderate amount of curves or reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To attain this straight silhouette you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

Busks, Boning and Other Corset Facts

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) the tightening level allowed by the lacing. To ensure you are comfortable while wearing your corset you can only tighten and lace up to a point, the remainder of the functionality is provided by the support delivered by the boning.

A good choice in boning material is steel covered with nylon 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 the corset you choose the width is secondary to the thickness. When the correct thickness of spring steel is used it is flexible but it is very hard to bend.

You can construct a corset with busks that open and are used for the front of corsets to allow you to put your corset on and off without help. The busks first appeared in the 1860's and started with a straight simple busk, the complications of the spoon busk was developed around 1870. These corsets call all be found in our online corset superstore.