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: a short section attached to the waistline of a blouse, jacket, or dress
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Her custom 2024 Oscars dress wholly embraced the resurgent peplum trend.
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Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
The gown features a structural, peplum top and sparkling mesh skirt, which Grande paired with an up-do.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Her dress practically entered before her—an incredible, palest-possible-pink Schiaparelli gown with a strapless corset top and a structured satin peplum that balloons out into a truly magical, sparkling tulle skirt.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
Instead, Moore’s version plays with texture and volume by adding a contrasting peplum skirt and bottom.
—Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
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Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
The gown features a structural, peplum top and sparkling mesh skirt, which Grande paired with an up-do.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Her dress practically entered before her—an incredible, palest-possible-pink Schiaparelli gown with a strapless corset top and a structured satin peplum that balloons out into a truly magical, sparkling tulle skirt.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
Instead, Moore’s version plays with texture and volume by adding a contrasting peplum skirt and bottom.
—Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Peplum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peplum. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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