Design for an evening dress

Design for a full evening dress in rose and gold brocade. The panniered skirt is full and mounted over net petticoats. It has straight front panels and gathers at the side to form panniers which extend to the back. The longline fitted bodice extends to point at the centre front. A shaped turnback faces over the bust with a slight curve across the back to the centre back seam or opening. There are two shoulder straps. The dress is worn with long gloves.
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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.