Design for a wedding dress

Design for a princess line wedding dress with a fitted bodice and heart shaped neckline. The four panel lines over the bust widen as they descend to below knee level then divide to form four large scallops with triangular pleated insertions at the hemline. The dress has square sleeve heads and long sleeves which extend beyond the wrists. There are buttons at the sleeve openings. The back view shows buttons at the centre back of the bodice and two skirt panels extending into a train. The dress is worn with a long veil and floral head dress.
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.