I wrote a long post but it apparently got lost! Above is my late 16th Century English Peasant outfit. The pair of bodies I'm wearing only have boning at the front lacing part. The rest is inner lined with two layers of canvas. The outer fabric is linen and the inner fabric is linen as well. These lasted me years before I finally had to get rid of them because I sewed up the eyelets wrong. (The eyelets ripped).
You don't have to do a full channeled pair of bodies - ones like I've done work perfectly fine.
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I wrote a long post but it apparently got lost! Above is my late 16th Century English Peasant outfit. The pair of bodies I'm wearing only have boning at the front lacing part. The rest is inner lined with two layers of canvas. The outer fabric is linen and the inner fabric is linen as well. These lasted me years before I finally had to get rid of them because I sewed up the eyelets wrong. (The eyelets ripped).
You don't have to do a full channeled pair of bodies - ones like I've done work perfectly fine.