What do we learn about designers of American sportswear? Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's trivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.A. They catered to the taste of the younger generation.B. They radically changed people’s concept of beauty.C. They advocated equity between men and women.D. They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.