ඔය දැන් කෙල්ලෝ විලාසිතාවට පාවිච්චි කරන chocker එක use කරේ ගනිකාවෝ හඳුනා ගන්නද?
Golden choker necklaces were crafted by
Sumerian artisans around 2500 BC and according to curators from the Jewelry Museum of Fine Arts,
[1] chokers have been around for thousands of years, first gracing the world's earliest civilizations: Ancient Egypt, in addition to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Often made with gold or lapis, the necklaces were thought to be protective and imbued with special powers.
Chokers were also later worn in the First Century A.D. They are mentioned in the
Talmud, book
Shabbat, chapter 6
[2] as a common women's accessory.
Historically, it was associated with
high fashion, but could take on different meanings under different circumstances. In 1798, during the
French Revolution, women wore red ribbons around their necks to pay homage to those who met their death at the
guillotine.
[3] The ribbon could be worn around the neck, or another fashion came in the form of an X around the shoulders and back.
[4]
Ballerinas and the upper class in the late 19th century commonly wore certain types of chokers. However, at that same time, in the late 19th century, a plain, thin, red or black
ribbon choker had ties to
prostitution, as seen in
Manet's
Olympia (1861).
The 19th century fashion for broad chokers reached its peak around 1900 in part due to
Queen Alexandraof the United Kingdom wearing one to hide a small scar.
[5] Chokers were popular into the 1920s and again in the '40s as colliers de chien.
[3] In particular, the term
dog collars or colliers de chien caught on, and these designs – incorporating luxe
diamonds,
pearls,
lace, and
velvet – could be seen as objects of the elite because the best kinds were custom-made to fit one's neck perfectly.
[6] In 1944
Life magazine stated that "a dowager fashion of 40 years ago" was being revived by young women, illustrating the trend with photos of models wearing the now vaguely rebellious "dog collars".
[3]
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