Corset Busks, a little bit about Corset Busks

[@victoriab5710]

Hi, I was wondering how long a busk should be? If my pattern is 12 inches long in total should I have a 12 inch busk? Maybe shorter to accommodate the binding? Also, great videos! I visited your online store after watching your videos and while shipping to the US is wildly expensive - I will still be saving up money to eventually buy some coutil from your store.

[@OpheliaFearblink]

Front busk should definitely be shorter than the front seam length of the pattern (without seam allowances) to accommodate for the width of edge binding on both sides. When starting out, it's a great help to make a mockup (tarp and industrial zip ties) before ordering corset making supplies. This makes sure the right busk length is ordered as fitting has been done. Good luck! 🍀🍀🍀

[@aliciaolivas797]

Thank you for showing how flexible a busk is, I was wondering about that.

[@gracegardner6865]

What kind of busk would be appropriate for an early Edwardian corset? I trying to decide between straight or spoon, but not sure if a spoon busk would have been used because of the straight fronted style.

[@OpheliaFearblink]

From what I've seen based on extant corsets, definitely a straight busk for Edwardian corsets. Makes sense as they where patterned and marketed as straight front styles. This feature made them "healthier" than the "old" late Victorian style that had a curved front line (and busk). That doesn't mean you can't use a spoon busk on an Edwardian corset if you'd like it and corset doesn't have to be historically accurate. Really depends on what you're wishing to create. Good luck and happy sewing! 🧵🖤🧵

[@ZoeyCLR78]

Do busks help to maintain posture ?

[@farthingalescorsetmakingsu2655]

No, the busk is simply the clasp that allows you to open the corset at the front of your body.

[@Jemalacane0]

It's too bad corsets are super unattractive garments.

[@farthingalescorsetmakingsu2655]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[@mindywashburn5898]

You have apparently been living under a rock. Or you grew up with Granny wearing an industrial corset as an undergarment.

[@Jemalacane0]

@@mindywashburn5898 Yeah, I suppose that applies to me, someone who has enjoyed a great deal of gothic rock and metal and symphonic metal in which corsetry is common. Squished is not a good look.

[@Ventura0404]

How do you get that corset is don’t look good they’re beautiful. There’s all different types of corset, You don’t have to wear them skin tight. You’ve just never gone and tried one on that’s what it

[@DocHolliday1851]

Yeah, except corsets aren't *only* for tightlacing. You can wear them loose for only back support if you suffer from back pain. You don't always need to size down. They're nothing like the "torture devices" hype.