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n. A short overskirt or ruffle attached at the waistline of a jacket, blouse, or dress.

n. See peplos.

n. A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist; compare the Roman palla.

n. A veil.

n. A genre of Italian film featuring historical or biblical epics

n. An individual film in this genre

n. A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat.

n. In anc. Gr. Costume, a himation or upper garment, in shape like a voluminous shawl, worn by women, thrown over one arm and thence wrapped in various ways, according to individual taste, around the body, sometimes even drawn over the head.

n. In recent use, a long and pointed overskirt draped over the underskirt of a dress, slightly in the fashion of the ancient Greek robe.

n. a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse

n. a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

"In a season marked by all manner of flounces and frills, the peplum was a standout."

ruffle    flounce    furbelow    frill    garment   

palla    peplos    himation    chiton    Wikipedia article on the palla    exomis    chlamys   

pepla   

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