Birgit C. Muller is a three-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning costume designer, couturière and producer. Born in Vienna and raised in Marbella, she trained in journalism in London and in television production at the BBC. She styled for European fashion magazines and Hollywood studios, then led costume design on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful for a decade. Her atelier creates bespoke red-carpet and bridal couture, including a certified organic gown for the 2012 Oscars. She lives and works between Beverly Hills and Palm Beach.
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Birgit was born in Vienna and grew up on the Mediterranean coast in Marbella. Private salon showings at Christian Dior and a family devoted to fine tailoring gave her an early, exacting eye for cut, cloth and silhouette.
In London she earned a degree in journalism, publicity and promotion, then a diploma in Television Direction and Production at the BBC's Television Training Academy. She learned cameras, lighting and studio logistics alongside the language of fashion.
Her first post was assistant beauty and teen fashion editor at Condé Nast's Miss Vogue in Munich. Freelance styling for European and American fashion editorials followed.
A six-week assignment in Los Angeles became a permanent move to Beverly Hills. She worked as photo editor of Transpacific magazine, styled private clients, and joined productions at Paramount, Sony, Disney and Universal.
As head costume designer of CBS's international drama, Birgit replaced studio stock with runway loans from Giorgio Armani, Max Mara and Carlo Pignatelli, and fine jewelry from Chopard, Damiani and Harry Winston. She designed each wardrobe around the character. The result: three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards, in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
On set, Soap Opera Digest called her the show's “real Eric Forrester.”
Her couture house grew from the same discipline: gowns that hold their shape under lights and lenses. In 2012 she realized and fitted the Red Carpet Green Dress worn by Missi Pyle at the 84th Academy Awards, made from organic peace silk and natural dyes. In 2023 she designed Victoria Summer's wedding gown.
Birgit produced CG Tribute, a documentary on designer Christopher Guy Harrison that won a Gold Telly Award in 2023. She is co-producer of Pripyat with writer-director Alicia Hayes, and Co-Executive Producer of Miss Liberty America.
After a family health challenge, Birgit staged the 2005 Award of Hope runway show at the Beverly Hilton with the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful. It raised more than $800,000 for City of Hope, which gave her its Circle of Hope Award. In 2006 she founded The Three Doves Foundation for disaster relief and medical care.
Birgit now divides her time between Beverly Hills and Palm Beach, where she presented at Palm Beach Fashion Week 2025 and is helping to build the International Media Festival of The Palm Beaches.
Recognition across television, film and philanthropy.
| Year | Honor | For |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gold Telly Award, Outstanding Producer (Documentary) | CG Tribute |
| 2011 | Daytime Emmy nomination, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| 2006 | Daytime Emmy Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| 2005 | Daytime Emmy Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| 2005 | Circle of Hope Award, City of Hope | Award of Hope Gala |
| 2004 | Daytime Emmy Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| 2003 | Daytime Emmy nomination, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| 2002 | Daytime Emmy nomination, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful |
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