Designs for two coats

Two designs for coats. The pink coat is a straight, loose dolman with a stand collar with shoulder darts. The centre front edges meet in the middle. There are two patch hip pockets. The coat reaches to below the knee. A sketch at the top left shows a yoke at the back with two inverted pleats extending to the hemline. The coat is worn with white gloves.
The purple coat is a loose raglan with a shallow rever collar. The centre front edges meet in the middle. The sleeves have straight, turnback cuffs and the cuffs and collar are top stitched. A sketch on the right shows three pleats at the back extending from the neck to the hem. The coat reaches to below the knee and is worn with a matching dress and 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.