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or less commonly peplus
: a garment worn like a shawl by women of ancient Greece
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Influenced by Greco-Roman peplos, drapey details were applied to flowy golden gowns, tailored suitings, and skirts, with models wearing crowns and strappy Roman-style sandals.
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Sara Radin, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2020
The artistic director at Christian Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri, opened her couture show with a simple white dress resembling the peplos of classical Greece: a rectangle of cloth draped to make a flowing column.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
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Sara Radin, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2020
The artistic director at Christian Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri, opened her couture show with a simple white dress resembling the peplos of classical Greece: a rectangle of cloth draped to make a flowing column.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
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“Peplos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peplos. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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