Stiebel

Victor (1907-1976). South African designer. He worked in London and at the age of 17 moved to Durban. A forerunner of the casual but well-cut look, he opened his own fashion house in 1932. English Vogue immediately noticed his Greek-inspired evening dresses in pastel colors. Despite the regime of austerity, the postwar period was his most creative moment, featuring his intuitive nude-look and suits with clean lines. In 1955, at the peak of his success, he signed a rather bizarre agreement with three other very famous English designers, a sort of gentleman’s agreement in which each would take part in the others’ fashion shows, with the aim of launching English fashion in the rest of the world. His fashion house no longer exists.