The Thomas Crown Affair is up there as one of the great men's style moments. Aside from pin-sharp plaid three-piece suits by British tailor Douglas Hayward (who created Roger Moore's Bond wardrobe), one particular scene lives on in the sartorial annals.
McQueen's character escapes to a moneyed enclave on the East Coast of the US, donning a perfectly undone tangerine shirt and skimpy shorts, with a simple gold medallion dancing about his perky pecs.
The look is masculine and informal, with the merest hint of decoration. And yet it was all downhill for the medallion from there.In the '70s, medallions became synonymous with a certain lounge-crooner sleaze.
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