The core function of fish bones is to provide longitudinal support and shape specific garment silhouettes. They keep the fabric crisp, smooth, and free from sagging while maintaining the curves intended by the design. Commonly used in side seams, princess lines, and center front seams of bodysuits, gowns, and wedding dresses, they prevent the fabric from forming horizontal wrinkles during body movement, ensuring clean and flowing lines. In corset sections, princess lines, and waistbands, they serve as key accessories for maintaining a perfect upper-body silhouette.

• Core Function: Primarily used for shaping and structuring. Sewn into the inner layer of the garment, they make the clothing more crisp and structured, effectively supporting the body's curves to achieve desired wearing effects such as tummy control and bust lift.

• Primary Applications: Their usage is extensive, covering nearly all garment categories requiring shaping and support, including:

  • Intimate Apparel: Bras, shapewear, corsets

  • Ready-to-Wear: Wedding dresses, evening gowns, dresses, shirts (for specific areas like collars)

  • Specialty Clothing: Waist trainers, swimwear

• Common Materials: To ensure adequate support and resilience, steel bones are typically made from metal materials. Common types include high-manganese steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, and nickel-titanium alloy (also known as memory steel boning). To prevent rust and enhance comfort, some products feature surface treatments like plastic coating or paint finishing.

• Common Forms: Depending on the application, steel bones come in various forms:

  • By Shape: Available as long, thin stripes (spiral or straight stays) and curved rings (bra underwires).

  • By Cross-section: Available in flat and round wire types.

  • By Construction: Range from simple metal strips to safety-style bones equipped with plastic tips or polymer end caps at both ends, facilitating sewing and preventing the bone from piercing the fabric.

• Process Features: In use, steel bones are typically not sewn directly onto the fabric. Instead, they are inserted into a slender fabric channel (often called a "bone casing" or "channeling") for fixation, allowing for flexibility and replacement. Furthermore, some high-end products employ techniques like seamless bonding or full coating to enhance wearing comfort and durability.

It is a strip-shaped support material, originally named for being made from whale baleen and resembling a fish bone. Modern versions are primarily manufactured using materials such as **steel (e.g., stainless steel, carbon steel), nylon, or resin**. Its core function is **shaping and support**, providing stable reinforcement to specific areas of a garment through the material's rigidity and resilience, thereby sculpting and maintaining the body's contours.

In terms of application, boning is mainly used in garment categories requiring strong shaping. In **intimate apparel and swimwear**, it is sewn in parallel or curved lines into the side support panels of bras or the waist and abdomen areas of shapewear, providing essential lifting force to prevent rolling and enhance tummy control and butt-lifting effects. In **wedding and evening gown design**, boning is commonly used inside corsets, acting as a framework to support the entire upper torso silhouette, lift the bust, and cinch the waist. Depending on the material, steel boning offers the strongest support, while nylon boning provides more flexibility, making it suitable for everyday wear.

Item no.:CCP/6
Size:6/7/12mm
Color:Off-white, Natural white,Black
Material:Polyester,copper wire
Package:50 yards/roll
MOQ:1000 yards/color/size
Application:Bridal Gowns/Evening Gowns/Lingerie/Swimwear/Toy

Material: PP, eco-friendly
Color: clear, transparent      
Width: 5mm,6mm,7mm,8mm,10mm,12mm or customized
Usage: bra plastic bone, wedding dress boning, corset 
Feather: continuous boning, 50/100yards per roll