Design for an evening dress

Sun yellow peau de soie and paper taffeta evening dress with a very fitted hipline bodice heavily embroidered in a baroque design. The top of the bodice curves over and above the natural bustline. The shoulder straps are attached to the bodice and the lower edge has a reversed scallop detail. The skirt is very full and gathered. The dress is worn with long white gloves.
Printed below is 'Sun yellow peau de soie and paper taffeta evening dress. The bodice is heavily embroidered in a Baroque'.
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.