A structured with delicate touch double horn choker can give you the right amount of modern glam for any outfit. A close-fitting necklace worn around your neck is nice fit accessories to complement your outfit. Double horn choker can be made of a variety of materials including velvet, beads, leather, silver, gold or platinum, etc. They can be adorned in a variety of ways including with studs, pendant or stack it together on your neck.

This choker necklace has a long history in  Native American, Indian, Egyptian  and Chinese cultures. Let’s discuss further at some of the choker’s historic highlights.

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The history of double horn choker

1798: As a political dress

All the women wearing red ribbons around their necks to pay homage to those who met their death at the guillotine during the French revolution. The ribbon could be worn in a form of an X around the shoulder and back or around the neck.

The 1860s: The uniform of prostitutes

A ribbon around the neck could mean a woman was a prostitute during this period. There is even a  painting of Manet called Olympia where the prostitute wearing the black choker style.

1874: fashionable woman and  wore them as well

Many choker histories was found on the painting by Degas’ ballerina painting

The late 1800s: The  Royal trend

Princess Alexandra from Waler wore thing raws of pearl and velvet was influenced the trend at that time. She said she got influenced by an Indian woman who wore a choker style in Bombay.

A woman wears a choker in 1880 and dog collars started to become a trend

The Colliers de Chien catches is incorporating pearls, lace, velvet, and diamonds was a trend

1944: dog collar becoming the trend as seen in”Life magazine.

The 1990s is taking off

A time when Claire’s, Afterthoughts  and all high street brand stocked nothing but chokers

The mid-’90s: Gothic takeover and late 90s the tattoo choker become a trend

Gwyneth Paltrow wore one to the 1999 Academy Awards to compliment her beautiful pink dress.

And more artist wore it from Britney Spears in the late ’90s and Christina Aguilera in 2001.Paris Hilton and Rihanna also the big fan of the choker and it was all over the runway from  Milan to Paris fashion week.

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Double horn choker are the new flower crowns

Double horn choker are everywhere, around the necks of celebrities at music festivals, on red carpets, all over  Instagram feed, magazine and much more. The trend has been a favorite among models and pop stars, appearing around the necks of Kendall Jenner and Rihanna. Taylor Swift was seen wearing four different versions of the neck piece in one day. First daughter Malia Obama is a well-known choker fan as well.It’s definitely double horn choker on trend with what we’ve seen on the runways from Paris to New York fashion week.

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