Design for a wedding dress

Design for a wedding dress. It has a fitted bodice with a square neckline. The shaped shoulder yokes extend over the shoulders to form mock epaulettes. Two curved panel lines run from the neck to the sides at the waist. The ruched front panel extends to a point below the waist. The dress has a flared skirt with a train. The sleeve heads are square and the long sleeves are fitted below the elbow, extending beyond the wrists in a point. A back view of the dress shows buttons at the centre back.
The paper is watermarked ‘ORIGINAL TURKEY MILL KENT’.
Fashion designer Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) was born in Durban in South Africa and came to Cambridge in 1924 to read architecture. After designing sets and costumes for the Footlights review, he decided to go into fashion design. Steibel started working for court dressmakers Reville in 1929. In 1932 he set up his own business at 21 Bruton Street in Mayfair. During World War II Stiebel enlisted in the Camouflage Division and also designed Utility clothing.
After the war, Stiebel worked for the Jacqmar fashion house in Grosvenor Street as Director of Couture, then in 1958 he re-opened his own establishment at 17 Cavendish Square. He retired in 1963 suffering from muscular sclerosis.
Stiebel produced romantic, understated clothes, specialising in evening wear and dressing high society figures and celebrities like Princess Margaret and Vivien Leigh.