Design for an evening dress

Design for a dark red evening dress. It has a fitted, crossover bodice which forms a deep V-shaped neckline at front and back. The three-quarter length sleeves are straight and set in. A ruched midriff panel with a loose, pleated, full length skirt is attached at the centre back. At the front is a full length, straight skirt with two waist tucks. There is a sketch of the back view of the dress to the left.
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.