a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

short skirt of the bodice

Short flounce attached to a snugly fitting waistline.

A short section joined to the waistline of a women's blouse, jacket or dress. Named after the Greek peplos, an ancient women's garment, peplums first became popular in the 1800s when women's clothing began to mimic men's tailoring, and the peplum too the place of jacket tails.