The peplum top has fully reentered the fashion spotlight—for 2025, it’s not your grandmother’s waist-flare. Contemporary designers such as Erdem, Bally, and Christopher John Rogers have revamped the silhouette with architectural precision, elevated proportions, and refined tailoring.
Rather than ruffles and frills, the updated peplum emphasizes structure—sitting higher on the torso and lending an elegant, feminine statement. At Copenhagen Fashion Week, style influencers paired these pieces with cargo trousers for contrast, all-black ensembles for drama, peplum blazers for power suiting, tie-waist shirts for casual hourglass looks, and even paired peplum mini-dresses with denim Bermuda shorts for playful edge.
The modern peplum fuses drama with wearability—reinventing a classic for bold, confident dressing across European streets.
Source: Marie Claire UK, 2025
