Choker

Choker necklaces are a current trend, but they’ve been around for a long time. Gathering popularity from the necks of Egyptian Royalty circa 60 B.C., European Prostitutes in the 1800s, and Movie Stars of the 1990s, choker necklaces have made their way through many cultures and decades of fashion. Within the past few years, chokers have made a noticeable comeback in the fashion world. Mainly in teens and young adults who follow pop culture, chokers are seen on various people. This trend first

The novel, Choker, by Elizabeth Woods portrays a similar message as the artwork created by Valerie Vargas, for both pieces exhibit the means by which bullying isolates the youth and destroys lives. To begin, Cara, in Choker, is tormented by her peers due to her lack of companionship and her seemingly abnormal qualities. Specifically, she is often teased for her quirks and twitches and was nicknamed by her bullies as “Choker” following an incident during lunch in which she choked on her meal for the

introducing the ruby choker that the Marquis gave as a wedding gift within the first few pages of the narrative. She describes it as, “a choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat” (6). The reader can infer a considerable amount from this one simple

so they started to wear spiked choker dark red lipstick and dark clothing the choker was a piece of jewelry to go on top of it all. People used chokers to express themselves like when they were going goth. Often times people would wear the choker for a punk or rock style. According to the article “we bet you didn't know the crazy origins of the choker” Germany and Austria used choker to cover a lump or a scar of their neck. According to the article Remember chokers? The 1990s fashion trend is back

first thing to consider when choosing a gold necklace to wear with an outfit, is the length. A longer necklace will give your torso a longer look. A shorter necklace, such as a choker will shorten the look of your torso. However, this is not to say that chokers should be avoided. If you're wearing a strapless dress, a choker can look stunning. Since the dress is strapless, the look won't be choppy and shortened. A v-neck top or dress pairs well with a long necklace. It can fall to the V in the top

Fashion is normally defined as ‘a popular style or practice especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, jewelries, makeup body’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion), and it gives a woman status, fame, richness as she is valued.In traditional fairy tales, wearing dresses and jewelries portrays a positive image of the characters such as in Charles Perrault stories where Cinderella is known to be dressed in her gorgeous blue dress with her jewelries. However,with a focus on Carter’s short stories

Han Tran Dr. Ewell English 308W November 15, 2016 The Bloody Chamber In the short story “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter depicts a naïve young girl who is also the narrator who marries a widow named Marquis. The girl is excited to venture into the world of adulthood, but that excitement ceases when she discovers the horrifying truth of her new husband. Her husband begins to display a side that she has never seen before and what was supposed to be a fairy tale love becomes a story full of lust

controlled by her husband, who acts as a puppet master. The narrator being married to Marquis unfolds the story of the transitioning from a child into a married woman. For instance, the narrator is forced to wear a ruby choker. She says, “he made me put on my choker” (Carter 15). The choker can be viewed as a collar between a pet and its owner. Marquis asserts his dominance over his wife by making

named Yung $hy he is part of a group called weird clvn.In this group of men that wear girls accessories like wearing chokers and boots.They also use lipstick and nail polish.But they have been doing this for a while and at this point don’t care what people think about that stuff. $hy and his group at the time were getting so much hate from people for how they dress.LIke wearing choker,nail polish,lipstick,womens boots.They still get judged but I feel people are more comfortable with it now more than

Gender is a concept that has been socially constructed to identify people as male or female, masculine or feminine. The concept is used to regulate the way people live and is something that influences the representation of female bodies in novels. There are several theories, such as the objectification theory, the “male gaze” and the feminist theory, that help to understand the role of the women and show how they are oppressed and weak in comparison to men. Angela Carter reinforces these theories