Charles Nolan (June 5, 1957 – January 30, 2011) was an American fashion designer. He was the fifth in a family of nine children and was raised in the New York City borough of

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and the New York City suburb of

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. Nolan graduated from the

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and then went on to work for the designers Frank Tignino and Bill Haire. Subsequent to those assignments he designed licensed products for Bill Blass and

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, before assuming leading roles as the Ellen Tracy and Anne Klein. Nolan was the lead designer at Anne Klein from 2001 until 2003, when he resigned to volunteer for the

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2004 presidential campaign. After the aforementioned campaign abruptly ended he launched his own signature line in 2004. The line was available only at his own store on

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in the New York City borough of

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and through an exclusive deal at

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. Nolan died of cancer of the head and neck, in

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, on January 30, 2011, at the age of 53. He was the partner of the financial writer and

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treasurer,

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