Designs for wedding dresses

Designs for a wedding dress showing three front and back views. There are three variations of neckline for a fitted longline bodice with three-quarter length, set in sleeves. All designs have the same pleated skirt. At the top left is a neckline which is straight across the front and back with gathers softening the centre front line. At the top right is a low, boat shaped neck with a shaped stand up collar and V-shaped notch at the centre front. At the bottom is a medium boat shaped neckline with a side top facing band which extends to the waist on either side of the centre front. The dress is worn with 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.