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Halston was the custom miller in at bergdorf. we lived around the corner from each other, so he and i would walk to work together. he was so much fun. the minute we would alive to the building and you'd have to go through the revolving door, suddenly halston had arrived at bergdorf. the first time it quite shocked me. then i understood. he's now put on his halston mask. and the voice would change. good morning, ladies. he was dealing with the creme de la creme of women in the world. >> were you the person who put the pill box on jackie kennedy? >> yes, i was. >> that hat was genius. if you loo...

Halston. >> his clothes hit me, like this is it. this is the fashion that i would want to wear. >> halston embodied chic. his design no more than an expertly cut piece of fabric. no zippers and button, he was a visionary and parties at nightclub's studio 54 were his muse. >> i do everything with every design. you know, they're my designs. i don't have any other designers. >> reporter: despite his status, halston wasn't from a cosmopolitan upbringing he was born roy halston froic in des moines, iowa. a shy, midwestern boy he learned to sew from his grandmother, eventually attending design schoo...

I'll pass. during the height of his fame in the '70s, the name halston was synonymous with fashion and style and grand slammer. a new cnn film looks at the iconic designer's meteoric rise to fame and his status as a ground-breaking stylist to stars like jackie kennedy. >> he was dealing with the creme de la creme of women in the world. >> were you the person who put the pill box on jackie kennedy? >> yes, i was. >> that hat was genius. if you look at the inauguration, most of those ladies wore a mink coat. jackie was in a cloth coat, and a cloth hat. >> i never forget the impact that hat had...

A cosmopolitan upbringing. he was born in des moines, iowa, in 1932. he learned to sew from his grandmother, eventually attending design cool and becoming a hat maker. >> were you the person who put the pillbox on jackie kennedy? >> yes, i was. >> a storied start to his career was creating the hat of the era for jackie kennedy at her husband's inauguration. >> it was a rather windy today. it ended up with a dent in it, so during all the ceremonying, it had a dent, and everybody who conyesterday it put a dent in it. >> reporter: dressing rock stars and artists, using his friends. he made things...

Becomes a superstar in fashion. remind us how famous he was, how influential for people who see that and say, wow, i didn't know. >> he really was an all-american boy. roy halston frowig from illinois, he started off a hat maker in burgdorf goodman and rose to acclaim because you will all remember this. he designed the infamous pill box jackie o. wore at the inauguration of her husband in 1961. >> let's take a look at that. >> were you the person who put the pill box on jackie kennedy? >> yes, i was. it's a very funny story. it was a rather windy day. and she put her hand on the hat and it end...