metal & cloth & plastic - oh, my! Please see our Printable Files section for tips on tipping and joining. For other handy cloth bits, please see Tapes - Twill, Eyelet, etc. Boning & Hooping & Millinery Wire last update: 21 Mar 2008 |
| Flat Steel Busks | Made of ½" spring steel, these can be cut and finished just like the regular flat steel boning. White epoxy paint finish. Sold in pairs of loop-side and stud-side. 8 studs/loops per 17" pair. |
Sorry - currently out | |
| Spoon (or Spoonbill) Steel Busks |  front view  side view |
These are the real thing! These have the correct curve so desirable for 1870s-1880s corsetry. Non-rusting, flexible metal. Sold in pairs of loop-side and stud-side. 5 studs/loops per 12" pair. |
$40/pair |
| Flat Steel Boning (also called Whitebone) |
Available in ¼" or ½", this flat spring steel boning is suitable for application at straight closures or anywhere within the corset or bodice. White epoxy paint finish. Sold by yard or fraction of yard. |
¼" - Sorry - currently out ½" - Sorry - currently out | |
| Spiral Steel Boning | Also available in ¼" or ½", these bones are best described as "flattened intertwined double springs". They are suitable for application at curved closures or anywhere within the corset or bodice. Galvanised finish. Sold by yard or fraction of yard. |
¼" - $1/yard ½" - $1.50/yard | |
| Tips for Spiral Steel Boning | For use on Spiral Steel bones and available in ¼" or ½" to match, these tips are best lightly crimped on and then soldered into place. Stainless steel; bright finish. | 15 cents each - either width. | |
| Corset Reed | For 1400s-1600s and available in 3 weights, these were used at first by all classes and then slipped from favor in deference to whalebone/baleen. Most bodies will take 1 roll per corset. | priced by the roll; usually $12 | |
| Double-strand Square-wire Skirt Hooping | Available either cloth- or plastic-covered, this ½" wide hooping is just the thing for underskirts. Cut it to length allowing an inch or so overlap, insert into the hoop channel, then overlap and tack-stitch to itself for fluid solidity and the proper movement with no "break" or hingeing in the line or flow. Cut with wire-cutters. | 12 yard roll/$20.50 | |
| Lacing Cord (also called Shoelace Cord) | This ¼" flat-woven tubular lace is the standard used by most corsetiéres. White or black 100% cotton. Takes 3/16" shrink tube sold below. |
50 cents/yard | |
| Brass Aiglettes aka Metal Tags |
Hand-made for the lacing cord above. Cord is laced through the holes and the tag or aiglette is folded around the lace and finished by burnishing with a wood stick (a wooden spoon handle works great!). |
25 cents/ea. | |
| Plastic Aiglettes - aka - Shrink Tube - aka - Shoelace Tips | These little beauties get cut to length (usually 1"), slipped onto the cord or lace, and then heat-shrunk into place. Semi-clear/white-ish plastic sometimes takes on smoky color from flame used to shrink it. To avoid "smokiness" of color, shrink over electric heat source (hair blow-dryer, burner on electric stove, etc.). Please choose a tube size that is only slightly larger than your cord as this material reliably shrinks no more than 1/3 of its starting diameter. |
Sold by 6 inch piece. 1/8" dia. - 30 cents 3/16" dia. - 35 cents (fits lacing cord above) 1/4" dia. - 40 cents 5/16" dia. - 45 cents 3/8" dia. - 50 cents | |
| Millinery Wire | Available in three weights of steel wire, these can be cut with standard wire-cutters or sturdy scissors like our Black Iron Scissors. | Tightly wound with white or black thread. 75 cents/yard Please specify what weight & color. |
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