Women loved to wear fabric or velvet chokers with metal clasps or ... such as padlocks, metal chains, and dog collars," Monica Sklar, an Assistant Professor and Liaison to the Historic Clothing ...

A flash of metal keeps the look fresh (see Prada's over ... while Dannijo pushes the brash factor; its Dominica choker is a circle of silver-plated brass that's pierced with a chain-link pendant.