Design for a blouse

Design for a blouse. It has a straight bodice with seven darts on each of the shoulder fronts, extending to above the bust. The high, round neckline has a centre front tie. There is a curved yoke across the mid back and a zip at the centre back. The short, set in sleeves have lines of darts at the lower edge of the sleeves. The sleeve edges are finished with a narrow band. There is a sketch of the back of the blouse at the top right.
Written on the back is ‘612’.
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.