Design for an afternoon dress

Design for an afternoon dress of fabric with a blue print on a black background. It has a semi fitted bodice with a shallow, round neckline outlined with a shaped neckband. Two front panels curve below the bust from the sides to the centre front. The right is gathered over the neckband and attached at the centre front. The left has two tucks below the neckband. The short sleeves are cut as one with the bodice. There is a waistband. The knee length skirt has three panels at front and back, with two diagonal tucks across the hips. There is a sketch of the back view at the bottom right.
Written in the top left corner is '775' and printed below the drawing is 'Victor Stiebel'.
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.