Rene Russo/The Thomas Crown Affair by divadebbi (Clothes by Michael Kors)
I remember seeing the original Thomas Crown Affair when I was young and impressionable. It starred Faye Dunaway as a brilliant insurance investigator. Some brilliantly devised bank heists were being committed in Boston and the police were stumped.
They called in Faye Dunaway, (at the peak of her beauty,) in a desperate attempt to solve them. It is she, who figures out that the master mind is Thomas Crown, a bored billionaire playboy, (played by Steve McQueen at his most handsome,) who for kicks, commits them to test his skill and nerve. I was enthralled with her her brains and her chic. I thought, "that's what I want to be like when I grow up"!!!
In this film, the incredible ensembles worn by Faye Dunaway, were created by Oscar nominated costume designer Theodora Von Runkle. Von Runkle also had designed Dunaway's memorable wardrobe in Bonnie and Clyde, as well as for her personally.
The cat and mouse games between them were delicious and so was the love affair-of heart, mind and body. The kiss that they finally give into, during an equally matched chess game, is still the longest one in film creation.
