Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
robes à vasque
English translation:
peplum dresses
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-09-21 17:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Sep 18, 2012 15:25
11 yrs ago
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French term
robes à vasque
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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
clothing
Discussing the latest trends:
Les robes à vasque mais aussi les jeans enduits en camel ou bordeaux, les vêtements «sportifs» avec leurs capuches, ceux à l’approche futuriste comme les parkas longues que l’on peut raccourcir, les plus tendances avec les vestes matelassées, celle en velours militaire...
Les robes à vasque mais aussi les jeans enduits en camel ou bordeaux, les vêtements «sportifs» avec leurs capuches, ceux à l’approche futuriste comme les parkas longues que l’on peut raccourcir, les plus tendances avec les vestes matelassées, celle en velours militaire...
Proposed translations
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3 +4 | peplum dresses | Rachel Fell |
5 | vase-shaped dresses | kashew |
References
Basque fashion trend | Jocelyne Cuenin |
Proposed translations
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peplum dresses
think they're called this in English - cf. the Google link - http://tinyurl.com/98t7p8f and here - http://tinyurl.com/9tqrog2
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Jocelyne Cuenin
: http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/jan/20/peplums-cartne...
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Thank you Petitavoine :-)
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes indeed, already been on trend for a season so seems continuing...
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Thank you gallagy2 :-)
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ACOZ (X)
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Thank you ACOZ :-)
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emiledgar
: Yes, a current trend (being driven by Kim Karadshian among others) that I hope goes away soon. I don't think they are ever flattering.
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Thank you - I like some peplum jackets - not so sure about the dresses :-)
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vase-shaped dresses
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http://www.polyvore.com/stine_goya_vase_shaped_dress/thing?i...
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Note added at 8 minutes (2012-09-18 15:33:37 GMT)
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http://cgi.ebay.fr/Robe-vasque-Zara-/170910821523
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Note added at 7 minutes (2012-09-18 15:32:36 GMT)
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http://www.polyvore.com/stine_goya_vase_shaped_dress/thing?i...
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Note added at 8 minutes (2012-09-18 15:33:37 GMT)
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http://cgi.ebay.fr/Robe-vasque-Zara-/170910821523
Reference comments
18 mins
Reference:
Basque fashion trend
Nice pix:
... It looks like the Basque silhouette is not going to take their positions off on the worlds runways. In the new fashion season of 2012/13 a clear triangle modernized in soft waves, and with a light hand by Giorgio Armani is now not only decorates the Basque dresses and skirts, but even pants.
Read more: http://ok-woman.com/2012/08/fall-winter-20122013-fashion-tre...
... It looks like the Basque silhouette is not going to take their positions off on the worlds runways. In the new fashion season of 2012/13 a clear triangle modernized in soft waves, and with a light hand by Giorgio Armani is now not only decorates the Basque dresses and skirts, but even pants.
Read more: http://ok-woman.com/2012/08/fall-winter-20122013-fashion-tre...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Rachel Fell
: surely must be basque - ? http://tinyurl.com/98t7p8f
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Discussion
In this way, peplums also help those with less shapely body types by creating new Coke-bottle curves. Personally, I'm grateful that they mitigate signs of a "food baby," more commonly known as bloat.
—Amy Verner, "What body type works best for the peplum?," The Globe and Mail, September 15, 2012
Paul McFeddries - new words site.
http://missgworld.com/
http://obsession.nouvelobs.com/galeries-photos/mode/20120914...
http://fr.louloumagazine.com/mode/tendances-mode-mode/printe...
do you have a picture?