Fashion, with its boomeranging trends, is ever so fickle.Trends often come and go only to return again but with a slight nuance - a subtle update that makes your pre-loved incarnation miss the rebooted mark.But if youre a hoarder who hangs on to everything, youll be delighted to hear that the comeback of the choker hasnt changed one bit.

“Like hemlines, necklace lengths go up and down,” explains Sophie Quy, Net-a-Porter.coms fine jewellery buyer.“The choker is the natural evolution after the long pendant of a few years ago, followed by the trend for layering minimal, smaller chains and short pendants.”

What this means is farewell to the statement necklace, hello to the skinny bit of fabric or leather that adorned many necks in the 90s.Perhaps the most non-exclusive piece of jewellery ever made (get inspired to make your own here), weve witnessed black chokers pop on red carpets, completing outfits and decorating long necks like a firm punctuation mark.

Surprisingly, they look good with pretty much everything – be it a masculine tuxedo jacket or a romantic Valentino gown.Some younger, more experimental dressers have been playing with the extendable tattoo-style chokers (which were not advocating) - probably because they arent old enough to remember them the first time around.

Were fans of the less grungy, more ladylike concoctions.French fashion houses Chanel and Lanvin featured them as part of their spring/summer 2016 catwalk collections; when the former does a choker, it comes with a pretty, beaded camellia.

Chokers this time aroundarent solely the preserve of gothic night owls, however.See British modelRosie Huntington-Whiteleys daytime adoption of an almost scarf-like choker to update her casual uniform of Breton top and skinny jeans.

Quy explains how:“For a customer who doesnt want to do 90s top to toe, adding a simple choker to a look goes a long way to creating the right aesthetic.”But for a woman who isnt concerned with following trends, it is a refreshing alternative to diamonds and chains.We predict chokers to become even more prolific - better get slathering that night cream tight down to ones clavicle then.

Five of the best

Zaria turquoise choker, £21, Rock n Rose

Saint Laurent studded leather choker, £1470, Selfridges

Black rhinestone choker, £8.50, Topshop

Wendy Nichol textured-leather and sterling silver choker, £230, Net-a-Porter

Velvet choker, £5, ASOS