3 purple dresses

A I am currently sick and unable to do much sewing, I´m posting dresses I did last winter. My two collegues and me (the same ones as the Atonement-girls) wanted matching dresses, but not exactly the same, for the christmas recital. So we decided to use the Simplicity 2959 pattern and three different shades of purple. Adjusting the pattern war quite...astonishing actually. I am a solid size 10. Both of my collegues are 10, too, although from the bust measurement  would have to adjust the pattern to size 14, for one in the back and one in the front:)
So I made mine first and gave it to both of them to try on, to see how much I would have to alter. Amazingly, it fitted both of them perfectly. I have no idea how but it did:)
The fabric is a duchess fabric which I love because it has a really nice drape to it and looks a quite glamorous. I did the draping with black lace which you can tie in front or back.
Here are the three dresses (The hem is not ironed in the pictures - that´s why it looks a little weird)

On the hem I sewed a small lace trim:

Here´s the back view:

And last but not least, a picture of the three of us all dressed up:)