In 1968, Faye Dunaway appeared on the covers of Time, Cosmopolitan, and Paris-Match.  She became an overnight sensation for her appearance in the movie Bonnie and Clyde. (See her light up a Life magazine cover to the left.)  Her stylish portrayal of 1930s "gangstah" Bonnie Parker created a world-wide fashion craze. In the spring following the release of Bonnie and Clyde, women clamoured for berets and knit cotton pullovers. They all wanted to look like Bonnie.  The men wanted to look like Clyde.  In this cover photo, Faye styles a wool beret flat on top of her head about three-quarters of the way up the forehead and an inch or so behind the ears. Her golden hair softly falls just below her chin.  This cut is called a "Bob."  It first became popularized in the 1920s and 1930s.  Back then, women like Bonnie cut their hair to show off their free spirit.  A woman's chopping off her hair was a sign of independence.  The color of this beret might be described as a soft-blue gray.  It coordinates well with her cream blouse, blue jacket, and matching pencil skirt.   Faye's make-up touches appear minimal.  I mean she doesn't need it.  In this photo, her attitude dominates the camera.  The film Bonnie and Clyde is known to be modeled on New Wave French Cinema of the 1960s. French women are known for their  "less-is-more" approach to beauty.  I'm not sure if the real-life Bonnie knew anything about French style, but she knew everything about outlaw fashion.  Whenever she had the chance, she liked to pose – feisty, gun-slinging, and cigar smoking – for the cameras.  (See photos below.)

Faye's pose is angular, erect and confidant.   She hikes up her skirt to show her legs.  Her open jacket allows for a peek at her breasts. Her shoes are high-heel peep-toe pumps.  That must be an caraciture of Clyde in the upper-right-hand corner.  He's dressed in a pinstripe double-breasted suit. His shoulders are rounded, his pants are narrow, and his shoes are pointy.  Of course he has a gun in his hand.  He's a stone-cold killer.  But here in this image, Bonnie is the star of the show – and equally as dangerous. 

Below:  In the original photo on the left, Bonnie is twenty-two years old and stands just a fraction under five-feet tall.  This must be a year into Bonnie and Clyde's famous 1930s crime spree.  Bonnie holds a stolen police revolver at her hip and props her foot on the bumper of a getaway car.  She has a cigar clenched between her teeth.  On the right, Faye captures her defiant stance. I read somewhere, that in April of 1933, Bonnie and Clyde were holed up in a rental house near Joplin,  Missouri.  They were lying low, looking forward to meeting up with Clyde's brother who had just been released from prison. When a neighbor became suspicious of their behavior, she called the police, and an intense gunfight soon followed.  Bonnie and Clyde were able to escape, but not before they left a number of lawmen dead and/or injured. In the ensuing investigation, police found a camera with undeveloped film. The photos from this roll somehow found their way to newspaper front pages across the country.  The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde Was On.