Thanks everyone for the help! Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Re: ruffs and drawstring necklines
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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
