winter 2012 – 2013 trend

Asked by one of my design class students what it is, I realized that I need to write a post about “peplum” – not only because it is one of this winters essential trends, but because it has several meanings. The original word peplum comes from Greek peplos who means a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece, in the classical period (by 500 before Christ). Peplum cand be: – a short full flounce or…