Corset Story

Corset worship has been a part of life for both women and men for many hundreds of years. The form and construction methods have changed in both type and variety and so have the components that are used. For you to create the figure you desire, you might be better informed if you have knowledge of the items available to you today.

Corsets and Body Shaping

The ancient corsets are usually those with a minimal amount of curves or shapes. The breasts appear to be pressed down and give the look of a minimized profile. To develop this profile you must work to reshape the usual shape and typical curves of a woman's body.

Corsets: Lacing, Boning and Busks

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) strength of boning used, and b) tightness of lacing. For the sake of comfort you are only able to tighten the laces to a point, the rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that provides a light color base and is made in an assortment of widths, lengths, and thicknesses. When you select the spring steel for the best corset for you the thickness, and not the width, should be of primary importance. You are sure when you purchase a corset with the best steel boning because it is flexible and pliable, but it is very hard to bend it.

There are also busk fasteners that open and are used for the front of corsets to enable you to get into and out of your corset without help. These did not appear until around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the more detailed spoon busk was created ten years later. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.