Design for a suit

Design for a deep turquoise blue tweed suit with a beaver collar. It has a straight, double breasted, boxy jacket with two parallel rows of four buttons at the front, and a deep stand collar of beaver fur. There are two flat, hip level pockets. The three-quarter length sleeves are gathered into a band. The straight skirt reaches to the knee. The suit is worn with brown gloves to match the collar. There is a sketch of the back view at the top right.
Written beneath is 'No 2. Deep turquoise blue tweed suit. Beaver collar'.
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.