Shaping Your Figure With A Hand Made Corset

By Author: Julie Maldonado
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The Corset as an item of woman's apparel has been around since time immemorial. The materials have changed over time but the essential idea seems always to have assisted the fuller figure to achieve a shape that to the wearer was more desirable or fashionable. In fact fashion seems to have played the major role in much of its history.

Iron corsets are to be found in museums and they must have been dreadfully uncomfortable for the wearer. One of the major stiffeners of Elizabethan times until late into the Victorian era was whale bone. Whales having large flat and easily shaped bones in their mouths (Actually baleen) which were stiff and pliable they were found to be an ideal stiffener for corsets. A royal decree by Elizabeth I made all whales washed up on British shores the property of the Queen for her corsets.

Although the use of Corsets waned for many years it has never fully gone away. It has always been an item in ladies lingerie shops and many a fashionable trend has seen the emergence of corsets as ladies squeezed themselves into them thus honing their figures. Although almost always been an item of underwear ...
... they have been worn to be seen in some instances. Madonna and a few other pop artists have worn corsets on stage. Until the coming of the brassiere a corset was often the only support ladies had for their breasts and was often pretty much the only underwear worn.

Although there are some machine made corsets the best are always hand made for the specific measurements of the wearer, thus ensuring a perfect fit and the desired shape and the moulding takes effect. So it is with the hand made corsets crafted in Hampshire. This is an art in itself but the modern day corset while still being used to mould and shape the figure has to be comfortable.

Modern day corsets are made of a variety of fabrics but using spiral steel as stiffeners. All are lace up and supplied with good quality cord which ties through good q1uality eyelets that will not tear out. Using a modern day corset may reduce the waist line by 4 or 5 inches.

There are a large range of styles of corset on offer, there is the bodice corset, the bridal corset, the overbust corset to encompass and support the bust and the underbust corset which suit ladies with particularly large breasts who loke to wear a bra. All of which do slightly different jobs but all are hand made by crafts people in England using only the finest materials and fabrics.
There is an additional range of superbly crafted So Couture dresses that are especially for the curvy figure and which provide support and hugging to emphasize the beautiful shaped ladies fashions of today. A spate of celebrities are currently wearing this proud to be British Fashion.

When ordering a corset please follow the guides for correct measurement that are laid out in the website. This is important as the garment will be made specifically for you and is designed to fit you and shape you like a glove.

There are a group of modern Corset makers in Hampshire crafting Corsets for the shapely and curvy figure