Peplum

//ˈpɛpləm//

Synonyms for "peplum" (11 found)

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  • péplum noun (film genre)

Spanish

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  • péplum noun (film genre)

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A peplum top paired with cigarette trousers is a chic, modern look a girl can wear just about anywhere.

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And this was Neith, or Athena, that God thus described, "I am all that was, is, and shall be, and my peplum or veil, no mortal could ever uncover." […] Peplum is properly a womanish pall or veil, embroidered all over and consecrated to Minerva.

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1838: The North American Review, volume XLVII The outer garment was called the peplum, and was used more for occasions of ceremony than for ordinary convenience, as it was very long and ample, and, from the manner of putting it on, must have been inconvenient to the wearer. It was sometimes wound double round the body, […]

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Over this they adopted the Greek peplum, under the name of palla. This garment, however, was exclusively confined to the gentler sex, and was never worn, as was the peplum among the Greeks, by men.

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