Corset Story

Corsets have been worn by both men and women for a long time - 100's of years. The construction techniques and the shapes they form have been upgraded with newer technology and so have the components and materials used. If you are trying to create the figure you covet, you need to have knowledge of the items available to you today.

Corsets and Body Shaping

The earlier corsets tend to be those with moderate amounts of reshaping. Your breast shape appears to be in compression and deliver the appearance of a minimal breast silhouhette. To develop this shape you have to constrain and work against the general shape and curves of a female's body.

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 ability to pull together the lacing. In order for you to have a comfortable feeling while wearing your corset you are capable of lacing up only so much, the rest of the support is provided by the boning.

A useful boning material is nylon cased spring steel that delivers a pale color base and is created in a group of lengths, thicknesses, and widths. When selecting the spring steel boning for the best corset for you the thickness, and not the width, should be of primary importance. Spring steel, when it is of the proper thickness it is somewhat flexible but is quite difficult to bend.

You can use busks that open and are sometimes used on the front of corsets to allow you to put on your corset and take off your corset by yourself. The busk type fasteners were invented around 1860 and allowed construction with straight 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.