. well, tomorrow night on cnn fashion and culture experts give us a one way street to american style. 40s and 50 were definitely america finding itself. americans felt very second rate when comparing ourselves to europe. sports wear became the defining style of the united states. the bikini was the biggest thing since the adam bomb go through the 60s and70s, our style represents fashion and freedom. when you look at hippy culture. it s opposite to the vietnam war. it s important in terms of people being free to express themselves. in the with 80s, there was a lot of excess in every way. we had our calvin cliens and donna car rans. it was scandalous. by the 90s and 2000s, things have become less formal.
europe. sport wear became the defining style of the united states. the bikini was the biggest thing since the atom bomb. through the 60s and 70s, our style and fax represents freedom. when you look at hippy culture, it s oppositional to the vietnam. it s very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. in the 80s, it was access in every way. we had our calvin cliens, donna laurens. it s wond wear that stopped traffic in time s square. by the 90s and 2,000s, things have become less formal. supermodels brought fashion into every household. now what is embraced at being yourself. style gives you a voice. it s freedom. now, earlier this week, a costume designer sat down with cnn s kate baldwin.