Corset Background

There has been corset worship by both women and men for many centuries. The construction methods and shapes they produce have changed in both type and variety 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 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 tends to be compressed and the subsequent reshaping of the breast mass gives a minimized appearance. To create this shape you are having to "fight" the natural curves of most women’s bodies.

All About Busks, Lacing, and Boning

The design of a corset is dependent on two underlying factors to be successful: a) the type and material used in the boning, and b) how tight you can snug up the lacing. To ensure comfortable wear you are only able to tighten the laces so much, the remainder of the functionality is provided by the support delivered by the boning.

A popular boning material is nylon coated spring steel that is usually a lighter 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 thickness gives way to the width in importance. You are able to judge when the correct spring steel boning is selected because it is very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

There are also busks which open and are used in 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 more complicated spoon busk was developed a few years later. Both of these items can be found in our corset superstore.