Christian William Miller

[1] From 1938 to 1941 Miller attended the Franklin School of Professional Arts in New York City, obtaining an advertising design major.

[1] From 1939 to 1941, while still a student at the School of Professional Arts, Miller worked as a designer for Datzenbach & Warren, Brunschwig & Fils, and the oldest luxury department store in the United States, Lord & Taylor.

[1][4] He designed fabrics, wallpaper, stage sets for summer theatres as well as freelance advertising and arranging window displays.

"), W. Somerset Maugham, Jonathan Tichenor, Tom Tryon, Gore Vidal, Sam Wagstaff, Glenway Wescott and Monroe Wheeler (of whom he was a lover), Philip Wheelwright.

[10] The portrait was purchased from a San Diego art dealer in April 2017 and is part of a private collection located in southeastern Pennsylvania.

At the end of the 1940s, Christian William Miller, together with Charles "Chuck" Howard (another model who would later become a fashion designer), participated in the "on the field" research of Alfred Kinsey.

[1] At a party hosted by John B. L. Goodwin in 1955, Bill Miller is listed by Christopher Isherwood among other guests, including Paul Cadmus, Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo.