: a garment worn like a shawl by women of ancient Greece
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Recent Examples on the WebInfluenced 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. 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