Design for an evening dress

Design for a blue evening dress. It has a fitted bodice with a low, heart shaped neckline outlined with a top facing band which extends to a deep V-shape at the centre back. A sketch at the top right shows the back view. There are short, set in sleeves. The full skirt is full length. It is drawn up at the sides to the waist at the centre back to form a high panel shape above the loose pleats of the back and sides. The dress is worn with long white gloves.
Written in the top left corner is 'Sketch No 3'.
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.