Corset Chronicle

Corsets have been worn by both sexes for the last several hundred 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 desirable shape for you, you may be a better consumer if you have an understanding of the assortment of materials and items you can choose from.

Body Shaping and Corsets

The really old corsets are usually ones the a minimal amount of reshaping. Your breast shape appears to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To create this shape you have to compress and reshape the regular curves and general shape of a woman's body.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

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 rest of the support is delivered by the function of the boning.

A good choice in boning material is steel covered with nylon that comes in lighter colors and is constructed in a wide variety of thicknesses, lengths, and widths. When specifying the steel boning for the best corset for your body type the "thickness" is more important than the width. Spring steel, when it is of the proper thickness it is somewhat flexible but is quite difficult 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 the simplest busk, the more complicated spoon busk was developed in the 1870's. Any of these corsets can be found in our corset superstore.