Corset History

Corsets have been used as a fashion item by both sexes for many hundreds of years. The shaping forms and construction techniques have been changing and so have the materials and types of items used. In order to develop the best shape for you, you might be better informed if you have an understanding of the items available to you today.

Ultimate Body Shaping With Corsets

The older corsets tend to be ones with the least amount of reshaping. The breasts appear to be pressed down and their shape changed to represent a minimized silouhette. To create this profile you have to reshape the general curves and shape of a female's profile.

Corset Facts about Boning, Lacing, and Busks

Any top quality corset design relys on two fundatmental factors: a) the type of material used in the boning, and b) the amount of tightening allowed by the lacing design. For the sake of comfort you can only lace so tightly, it is therefore more practical to use the proper quality of "bone".

One of the most popular types of boning is steel boning covered in nylon that is usually light in color and is delivered in a variety of thicknesses, widths and lengths. When looking for a particular type of spring steel for the best looking corset for your shape the width gives way to the thickness in what is most important. You are able to judge when the correct spring steel boning is selected because it is very pliable but it is difficult to bend.

Busk fasteners are also used, they open and are used for the front of corsets to enable you to get into and out of your corset without help. These did not appear until around 1860 and began with the straight busk, the more detailed spoon busk was created ten years later. All of these items can be found in our online corset store.