I’ve owned the beginner-friendly sewing pattern Simplicity 1108 for a few years now. In fact, remember the Bat Dress (Simplicity 8091)? I bought them at the same time, way back in 2017! What both of these Simplicity patterns have in common is that they are listed as Misses’ Kimonos. L’sigh. Yes, this is an easy “kimono” pattern. But a kimono is a specific Japanese form of dress that is not what these garments are intended to be: The kimono (きもの/着物) (lit., “thing to wear” – from the verb ki ((着)), “to wear (on the shoulders)” and the noun mono ((物)), “thing”) is a traditional Japanese garment and the