The Challenge of Creating an Elizabethan Ruff
May 02, 2021No item of clothing more clearly signals the Elizabethan age than the ruff. The wearers, men and women alike, hold their heads proudly above those familiar cartwheels of crisp white folds in many a portrait.
Don’t believe anyone who tells you this fashion statement came about as a means to catch the dribbles down your chin when eating dinner! It is thought that ruffs evolved from decorated collars that adorned shifts and men’s shirts from the early 1500s onwards.
Luppitt lies four miles due north of Honiton, two miles west of the River Otter. In early sources the name of the village was rather endearingly written “Love-pit” - supposedly a reference to a monastery …
