Corset Account

Corsets have been attractive to both men and women for hundreds of years. Shapes and construction techniques have been able to be modernized similar to the updating of the items and materials used. If you are trying to develop 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 minimal amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh tends to be greatly flattened and provide the appearance of a minimized breast profile. To create this shape you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

Boning, Busks and Other Corset Techniques

A quality corset depends on two factors: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you can only tighten and lace up to a point, the remainder of the functionality is provided by the support delivered by the boning.

One of the best boning materials is nylon covered steel that is pale white in color 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 best suited to you 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.

Busk front closures are sometimes used, they open and are found on the front of corsets to enable you to put on your corset without assistance. The earliest busks were invented around 1860 and began with the inclusion of a simple busk, the elaborate and intricate spoon busk was invented a decade later. The entire collection of thse corsets can be found in our online auctions or superstore.