Design for a wedding dress

Design for a wedding dress with fitted waist length bodice with the fullness gathered into a narrow band at the natural neckline. The back view shows the fastenings and a design of scattered floral motifs with floral or foliate decoration at the waist. The skirt is bell shaped skirt with loose box pleats and a train. There are two horizontal bands of decoration on the lower section of skirt with scattered floral motifs decorating the middle section. The dress has short, slightly puffed, set in sleeves. It is worn with a long veil, diamante tiara style head dress and long gloves extending to the upper arms.
Beneath is printed ‘Victor Stiebel'.
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.