Design for an evening dress

Design for a blue evening dress. It has a strapless fitted bodice. A ruched piece extends from the centre back across the bust to form a stylised knot at the centre front.The midriff piece has a printed pattern and curves under the bust to the sides and centre back. The dress has a full length, loose, pleated skirt. There is a sketch of the back view at the top right. The dress is worn with long white gloves.
It is similar to 92.86/101.
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.