Thomas Crown: Do you play?
Vickie Anderson: Try me.

I can't think of a sexier couple than Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). I love the dress Faye is wearing in the chess scene. An airy, delicate, ivory-cream halter mini-dress. An instant classic. No accessories, just a modest brooch holding together cascades of silk and chiffon streaming down Faye's silhouette. Check it out on YouTube, the one with Galt MacDermot's tune Coffee Cold. It's poetry.

That would be my ideal look for a date in summer. Playful and chic with a droplet of Nina Ricci on my wrist. I would go a bit lighter on makeup. Can't blame Faye though. Hey, those were the sixties and false lashes were a must. But in any case, those were the sexy sixties.

The sixties fashion has been one of the most diverse and stylish. Elegant Jacqueline Kennedy followed by women all over the world trying to get the Jackie look, iconic and graceful Audrey Hepburn (in Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961), Brigitte Bardot, a seductive femme fatale in a bikini. This is one of the decades that I'm really thankful for. Thankful for suede mini-skirts, medallion necklaces, French manicure, go-go boots, moccasins, gypsy-style skirts, peace signs and the four greatest men with long sideburns – the Beatles.

Sometimes you don't have to invent anything but re-discover. I think I'll have a quiet retro sixties evening tonight and play a game of chess .