Peplum Dress
A peplos ( el, ὁ πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by circa 500 BC, during the late Archaic Greece, Archaic and Classical Greece, Classical period. It was a long, rectangular cloth with the top edge folded down about halfway, so that what was the top of the rectangle was now draped below the waist, and the bottom of the rectangle was at the ankle. One side of the peplos could be left open, or pinned or sewn together.Ancient Greek Dress
''Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History'', Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013. In Latin and in a Roman context, it could be called a ''Palla (garment), palla.'' It should not be confused with the Ionians, Ionic chiton, which was a piece of fabric folded over and sewn together along the longer side ...
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