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: a short section attached to the waistline of a blouse, jacket, or dress
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To dress it up, wear your nameplate necklace with other dainty necklaces and a strapless peplum top with trousers or a drop waist dress and a pair of pointed-toe heels.
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Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 May 2024
On Friday, May 17, Gomez made a chic arrival in France ahead of her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival wearing white knit peplum mini dress by Self-Portrait (available now for $495) and white-and-black slingback Roger Vivier pumps.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
At the red carpet event, the actors posed with each other: Coughlan wore a white off-the-shoulder dress with a peplum detail and train.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
This set features classic tapered trousers and an asymmetrical peplum blazer cinched at the waist with a matching belt.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
Taking the form of corsets, peplums, basque waistlines, and sheath-like silhouettes, there are plenty of ways to infuse the style in an original way to fit a designer’s vision.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Prior to her zipper malfunction, Stone, who won Best Actress for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, turned heads on the red carpet with her Oscars look — a strapless, silk jacquard gown with a stunning architectural peplum skirt.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
The singer wore a chainmail piece from Kim Jones’s most recent spring 2024 couture collection for Fendi, while Florence Pugh’s sheer peplum look was designed by Simone Rocha for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
There was an obvious opening in the back of her custom Louis Vuitton peplum gown, but the two-time Academy Award-winner took the snafu in stride.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2024
Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 May 2024
On Friday, May 17, Gomez made a chic arrival in France ahead of her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival wearing white knit peplum mini dress by Self-Portrait (available now for $495) and white-and-black slingback Roger Vivier pumps.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
At the red carpet event, the actors posed with each other: Coughlan wore a white off-the-shoulder dress with a peplum detail and train.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
This set features classic tapered trousers and an asymmetrical peplum blazer cinched at the waist with a matching belt.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
Taking the form of corsets, peplums, basque waistlines, and sheath-like silhouettes, there are plenty of ways to infuse the style in an original way to fit a designer’s vision.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Prior to her zipper malfunction, Stone, who won Best Actress for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, turned heads on the red carpet with her Oscars look — a strapless, silk jacquard gown with a stunning architectural peplum skirt.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
The singer wore a chainmail piece from Kim Jones’s most recent spring 2024 couture collection for Fendi, while Florence Pugh’s sheer peplum look was designed by Simone Rocha for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
There was an obvious opening in the back of her custom Louis Vuitton peplum gown, but the two-time Academy Award-winner took the snafu in stride.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Peplum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peplum. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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