Upon request, I started to research traditional Japanese kimono in the hope of doing commissions. A YEAR of online research and many prototypes later, I finally designed a pattern that I was happy with. Most people probably would have kept it simple, but that's not what I'm about........ honestly, I will MAKE things complicated if they start out too simple, and that's what I did. I researched literally every cm I put into this baby, for cultural accuracy as well as visual compositional accuracy according to what info I could find on real kimono maker' highest ideals.... I literally tried to get inside other peoples' heads in teaching myself this craft.