Peplum Clothing Model, Support Women's Agility Since The Victorian Era

Model pakaian peplum (Khaled Ghareeb / Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Clothing supports one's activities. If this can be justified, especially for women who are climbing the career ladder plus being attractive to their clients. Peplum clothing design, not only excels the aesthetic impression of the body posture. Moreover, clothing designs whose traces rose in popularity between the 1940s and 80s was considered to support women's agility.

Peplum comes from the Greek root word, which means 'tunic'. By design, additional frills on the tunic such as an additional skirt at the bottom of the blouse. In the past, these extras were attached to the vest. The difference is, now the designers are more innovative in making additional peplum accents.

In fact, the asymmetrical peplum worn by Chris Lee by the Tony Ward Couture brand was worn at Jiangsu TV's New Year Gala at the end of last year. This peplum clothing model is one of the indicators of Vogue as The Best Dressed Stars. Vogue underlines the white tone of this outfit design.

Even more interesting, the peplum blouse provides flexibility to move. When wearing skirts with a wide bottom cut, the steps appear to be wider and looser for quick movement.

During the Ancient Greek era, peplum which was known as peplos was made of long cloth. Folded, clamped and tied around the waist so that it forms a tube. Greek ladies wore this to add accent to the tunic. As a result, they gave their clothes a bit of volume.

Peplum became a fashion during the Victorian era as a support for women to be more agile in their activities. When wearing a peplum skirt, the tricky problem when wearing a fit body skirt is finished immediately. Peplum skirts in the Victorian era were considered to still adhere to the rules of decency, but also fashion innovations to solve complexities in clothing.

Instead of a layered skirt that needs to be held when walking, an overskirt or other designation of a peplum skirt makes it easier for mobility. Of course, still hiding the hip and thigh line as a value of modesty at that time.

Quoted from Start Up Fashion History, Friday, January 8, the silhouette of a woman's body looks attractive but still dressed modestly started by Christian Dior. The peak of fashion at that time showed that women with classic fitting watches were increasingly widespread and inspired for many parties.

Years changed, peplum fashion in the 80s overthrew the style of wearing a thick belt at the waist. This era is a revival of peplum design. Classy and feminine impression is displayed with thick peplum details. Not only the long peplum, the ten-centimeter, layered frill starting from the waistline looks striking.

Currently, fashion shows in various seasons the designers in charge of couture brands are still innovating with peplum designs. Of course, inspired by the functional aspects of a piece of clothing.