"When I'm 90, my name will still be synonymous with shoulder pads." Nolan Miller
Nolan Miller was 10 years old when he decided he wanted to be a fashion designer. He moved from rural Texas to Los Angeles to study fashion at the Choinard Art Institute. After graduation, he was working for a florist and sketching his own designs when he showed some of them to Joan Crawford, who soon chose him as her couturier.
Miller soon went into costume design for movies and television full-time, designing the clothes for all of Aaron Spelling's shows. Miller became a household name for his costume design for the TV series Dynasty, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards for Best Costume Design for a Series.
Miller was also nominated twice for Emmys for his costume design for television movies. He has been a couturier to some of Hollywood's greatest fashion icons, including Sophia Loren, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Miller's style epitomizes extravagance and glamor. His creations defined fashion in the 1980s.
Miller also designs a line of jewelry.