The new universal garment extension is surely “Peplum”. This term is derived from a Greek word “peplo”meaning “shawl”.The common action of Greek women gathering the extra fabric around their waist, resembles the peplum skirt, that took several centuries later. Peplum is the ideal lady like silhouette inspired from Christian Dior. The 1947 collection Tailleur Bar that comprised of a blazer with a dramatic skirted waist. The garment structure of this silhouette is to complement a woman’s natural hourglass shape at all times of the day. Designers show peplum as the wardrobe replenisher sometimes basic in one mono color or patterned or unusually embellished with unexpected materials.
Inspired from a woman’s fantasy in her childhood of dancing as a ballerina or wearing fairy like costumes, peplum takes on the shape and gives the woman wearing it the similar feeling. A woman feels as though she is having her fantasy and exclusivity compared to others wearing boxy or skinny fitted blouses.
Such a wide range of clothing styles has led to designers creating outfits for every body type enhancing and ornamenting every aspect of a woman’s curvilinear body. The short overskirt draws attention to the tinier waist area of a woman’s body, and then puffs out to give your hips some shape. Rather than creating an illusion, it accentuates your natural shape. This clearly a great opportunity for all the ladies to take advantage of this all around flattering trend. An international shape that has now become the universal shape of femininity for women.
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