Design for a suit

Design for a red wool suit. The jacket has a fitted hipline with a collar with deep double shaped revers. It is single breasted with two buttons at the centre front. Long darts from below the bust to the hips form a nipped in waist and two top stitched hipline pockets accentuate the curve of the hips. The long straight sleeves are set in with two buttons at the cuffs. The knee length skirt is straight. The back view shows the back of the jacket and two skirts, one with two panels at the back and one gored. The suit is accessorised with black gloves and shoes.
Typed at the bottom left is 'No. 934 suit in Cherry ribbed wool'. On the back is a half rubbed out drawing of a face.
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.