Corset Lowdown

There has been corset worship by both sexes for centuries. The types of shapes and construction techniques have changed over time. and so have the components that are used. For you to create the figure you desire, you should have an understanding of the items and materials you can select from.

Corsets and Body Shaping

The earlier corsets have usually been the ones with moderate amounts of reshaping. The breast flesh looks to be extremely compressed and their appearance reshaped. To develop this silhouette you must work against the iherent shape and curves of a lady's body.

Busks, Boning and Corset Construction

A corset really depends on two rudimentary factors to be successful: a) the type of boning material used, and b) the ability to pull together the lacing. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

A good boning material is spring steel coated in nylon that provides a light color base and comes in a group of thicknesses, widths, and lengths. When you are making a selection for the type of steel boning for a corset that will look like it was designed for you the thickness gives way to the width in importance. 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 usually located on the front of corsets to enable you to slip into and out of your corset unassisted. The busks were created in the 1860's and started with a straight simple busk, the complications of the spoon busk was developed around 1870. These items can be found in either our online superstore or our online auctions.