Do You Own a Peplum Dress?

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Michael Germana /Landov; WENN.com; Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Peplum is popular this year!Catherine, Duchess of Cambridgevisited De Montfort University in Leicester, England today wearing a teal skirt suit with a fitted peplum jacket, whileBlake Lively(in Jason Wu),Jennifer Aniston(in Tom Ford), andMichelle Williams(in Louis Vuitton) also wore the fit-flare style recently. So, why is it such a statement look? "It has the power to minimize your waist but achieves it by inciting a flurry of attention around your hips,"InStyleFashion Director Hal Rubenstein has said. "This little flourish is worth the risk if it winds up accentuating something positive." Tell us: Do you own a peplum dress?

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