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Article: Hot Hollywood designer recalls his days of glory.(20 Years that Changed Los Angeles: 20 Extraordinary Lives)(costume designer Nolan Miller)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 19, 1999
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Nolan Miller, once the highest-paid costume designer in Hollywood, will be the first to tell you his glory days are behind him.
But what days they were. Miller used to fit some of the entertainment industry's most glamorous women - Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Jane Wyman.
While the 64-year-old Miller still designs clothing for some stars - Joan Collins chief among them - most of today's movie and television stars do not wear the kind of clothes for which he is famous.
"I'm kind of a dinosaur," Miller says, noting that actresses today are more likely to wear casual clothing than the couture-style gowns in which he ...