I wonder what happened to court royal corset?

I knew the owners of Court Royal very well and when they retired I felt it was a great loss to the industry. They were a major force in corset manufacturing despite not being as well known as the smaller manufacturers, who dominate the branded corset industry. After all the only UK corset manufacturers left [...]

Corset Top and Corset Underwear?

I heard the term corset top and corset underwear recently. Now the corset has traditionally been corset underwear, but to hear someone say corset top was a stark realisation that the corset had finally been accepted into the wider consiousness as more than just corset underwear but as evening wear, casual wear, formal wear, an [...]

Corsets & Kentucky Fried Chicken

It strikes me that corsets and kentucky fried chicken have a lot it common. I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot and it doesn’t take a corsetiere to see why. Just in case your wondering I’ve not gone mad. Kentucky Fried Chicken In The UK! Living in England when I go to KFC, I [...]

What makes a real corset? (sports socks & stockings)

It is really surprising how many different clothing items are being referred to as a corset. After all you wouldn’t refer to a pair of sports sock as stockings would you? Perhaps some people would, but I doubt anyone who is reading this would. If anyone is reading this that refers to sports socks as [...]

Corsets By True Corset

Welcome to the blog for my corset website www.truecorset.com. The corset website was started about a year and a half ago and it is our aim to supply the most gorgeous corsets, to the most fabulous people. Over the coming weeks and months I’ll fill you all in on how the corset retailing world is [...]