I am under the impression that ruffs developed from pleatworked collars on
shirts, chemises and partlets. Here's a website that covers some interesting
research on pleatwork: http://www.bellomarisco.com/smocking.php I think you'll
see that the necklines started out low and pleated (which we moderns have
mistaken for a drawstring) and got higher and higher until a ruffle was formed
by leaving a little bit of fabric free above the pleating, and from there it's
easy to see how a detached ruff developed.
And going back to a much earlier thread about historically-inspired modern
clothes, I'm dying to make myself a blouse with a high, pleatworked collar. I
have the fabric and everything all picked out. Now I just have to figure out
how to stop time long enough to get it finished...
Tea Rose
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