Dress Of The Day with Angela

 Peplum picture from Wikipedia. The word peplum comes from the Greek word for tunic. It was originally a tunic tied at the waist. In modern fashion is is a tunic which comes in at the waist, but has an attention-catching ruffle or wide frill attached to create an hour-glass effect. You could also call it an overskirt. Reasons For Peplum To create an hour glass effect. To draw attention to a small waist. To make the wearer look attractive. To make the garment look more attractive. To create a new season's look so people buy new clothes. To distinguish one designer's outfits from another's. To draw attention away from the face to the waist. It was the fashion twenty years ago. Your old vintage clothes are back in fashion. Nostalgia. You loved the look last time and here it is again. It's something you can copy to turn a boring straight tee-shirt or tunic top or tunic dress into something more interesting. Reasons Against Peplum It was the fashion twenty years ago.  It...