Design for an evening dress

Design for an evening dress with a fitted bodice with a boat shaped neckline at the front and a straight neckline at the back. It is made from white lacy fabric which reveals strips of yellow fabric beneath, at the centre front and at the centre of the sleeves. There is a bow at the top and bottom of the centre front of the bodice. The dress has a yellow, full length, bell shaped skirt with loose pleats. At the top right is a back view of the dress. The dress is worn with long white gloves.
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.