Design for a day dress

Design for a white day dress with a floral pattern, It has a shallow, round neckline with a top faced band. A band extends down the centre front of the dress from neck to hem. The short sleeves are cut with the bodice and are decorated with a narrow band at the lower edge. There is a tie belt at the waist The full skirt has loose pleats at the side and reaches to below the knee. The sketch on the right shows the gathered waist of the skirt at the back. There is a band at the hemline. 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.