| Corsets are closefitting, body-shaping clothes | | | | body. Originally, whalebone was used in corsets |
| worn by women to enhance their figures. A | | | | because of its flexibility and strength. Because |
| corset is laced tightly to the body by means of | | | | whalebones are expensive, today corsets are |
| stays to mould the torso into a desired shape. It | | | | designed using plastic or steel boning. Most high |
| reduces the waist and enhances the bust and the | | | | quality corsets are used with steel boning. |
| hips. Women wear corsets to look slender and | | | | Steel boned corsets can also be individually |
| highlight the contours of their body. | | | | handcrafted to suit specific measurements. A |
| Corsets are versatile garments and are suitable | | | | well-made steel boned corset is more durable and |
| for a variety of special occasions. It can be worn | | | | lasts much longer than a readymade one. Corsets |
| as bridal wear, eveningwear, club wear and for | | | | are boned with steel bones that are pre-curved |
| many other events. They are still in fashion | | | | to give the wearer a good fit and figure. Steel |
| because they make the wearer look chic and | | | | boned corsets also help shorten the breaking in |
| extremely feminine. They also provide good | | | | time for a corset. When steel stays are given at |
| support to the back. | | | | the back, it renders extra firmness and support. |
| There are different styles of corsets available. A | | | | It also promotes proper posture preventing undue |
| steel boned corset is a good investment and can | | | | stress on the spine. |
| give a shapely and aesthetic figure. Bones, also | | | | Many corsets used plastic boning and even cane |
| known as stays, are one of the rigid parts of a | | | | and wood, but steel boning offers a great deal of |
| corset that forms the frame of the garment. It | | | | flexibility while retaining the corset's original shape. |
| makes it sturdy and helps to shape the wearer's | | | | |