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: a short section attached to the waistline of a blouse, jacket, or dress
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Wearing a monochromatic look and selecting a peplum with strong structure will make this style feel current.
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Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Note here how the peplum is sculpted and the lines of the silhouette are so clean.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Darkness was also conveyed through the creation of black-hued dresses with puff sleeve details and mini dresses with a dramatic peplum detail along with crystals hanging from the hem, like a chandelier.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Within the carousel, Carpenter also showed off more angles of her baby blue halter gown, detailed with a peplum and a floor-grazing skirt hem covered in plumes.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Note here how the peplum is sculpted and the lines of the silhouette are so clean.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Darkness was also conveyed through the creation of black-hued dresses with puff sleeve details and mini dresses with a dramatic peplum detail along with crystals hanging from the hem, like a chandelier.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Within the carousel, Carpenter also showed off more angles of her baby blue halter gown, detailed with a peplum and a floor-grazing skirt hem covered in plumes.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Peplum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peplum. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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