Vera-Ellen's neck

I would think a mole or scar would be easily covered with make-up. Unless it was a really thick scar.
Perhaps she just liked wearing them? I find chokers really sexy.

Too bad she never played Mina Harker…

Okay, that may be why she wore chokers – but why the move to long-sleeved, high-necked costumes like this? (Nice detail on her neck there – it is a bit odd looking.)

Chokers hit too high on the neck to cover a trach scar.

Personal fetish of a fairly large Hollywood name?

And my neck is going to hell in a handbasket long before my face. Me and Nora Ephron… and Vera Ellen, too!