Beware! A choker is a statement and a responsibility. Read all about it and try not to choke on it because chokers gonna choke!

As a simple black strap, with a cross or a heart attached to it, the choker seems to have been taken for granted by the entire world. But you see, clothes are not just clothes and even if I’m so pro everyone doing and wearing whatever they want as long as they’re not ass*oles obviously, at times, I feel like standing up for stuff. That is not just stuff.

Many years have passed since I last saw Léon — one of my all-time favourite movies (and names) — and today I watched Natalie Portman as Mathilda once again. I am today, just as I was many years ago, in awe of Natalie, so, I decided to write about it, about the real s*it going on in the ‘90s. S*it that succeeds to stand the test of time must be the real s*it. There are no two ways about it. Think of Stan Smith’s Adidas sneakers. Or the Levis’s’ 501.

It’s the s*it that can achieve statement status. But you see, statements are not just statements. In order to wear a statement, you’d better really feel the statement, taste the statement. Just like you do with a rainbow. A statement is a responsibility. You don’t just wear a statement. You invent it. Become it. Like Natalie Portman did in Léon. Or like Catherine Zeta Jones did in Zorro. Or like Winona did Winona back in the days. Or like you do you.

It has to be authentic. Everything has. Even if you didn’t invent the choker, you little wizard, the mere fact that you love it too much to take it off your neck has to shine on your face, has to make your body move in a specific way. It doesn’t let you breathe anymore, but who cares? You love it and it loves you. Well, it is a choker after all, it’s not supposed to let you breathe properly. Or! Maybe! It’s supposed to make you even more aware of your breathing. Hm.

I wore a choker in the 2000s and I don’t remember the exact moment my love of it was ignited, but here I am, flying the flag. Trend wasn’t yet a trending word — people were feeling, not trending. No?

Oh, just breathe! Or be breathtaking.