Design for a suit

Design for a full length suit. The jacket has a figure hugging hipline and a deep rever and notched collar. It is single breasted with three buttons and bound buttonholes. Two darts between the bust and hips form a nipped in waist. The long straight sleeves are set in, with turnback cuffs. At the top right is a view of the dress, which has a fitted bodice with a natural neckline and long fitted sleeves. It has a very full, full length skirt with tie belt. To the left is a back view of the jacket.
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.