This rare Winter '92 magazine from the Jenny Doll series has full-scale patterns and sewing instructions for several types of ornate clothing, including old European clothes and various types of kimono. The detailed kimono patterns- including notes on male/female sleeve differences, making easy-use furisode obi bows and children's kimono- were why I bought it in the first place, but it also includes patterns for Rococo clothing and what appear to be Regency dresses, as well as some men's clothing. (European clothing not being my field, I can't say with certainty.)[return][return]The book/magazine also has a (somewhat complex) tutorial about how to style a doll's hair into several Edo-esque traditional Japanese hairstyles; I recognized what appears to be the "split-peach" hairstyle worn by maiko (including how to put the tell-tale shibori cloth into it), but I don't know enough about traditional hairstyles to elaborate further... [return][return]There are no patterns for hakama, as far as I can see.[return][return]The patterns are full-scale, so using them is as easy as simply tracing them onto wax paper and cutting them out. (This useful trick- which I learned from an Amazon.co.jp pattern book review- saves the book and enables edits of the patterns.) Unlike some of the pattern books I have, this one is easy and clear, even though I don't read much Japanese.[return][return]The volume's downsides are age and rarity- it literally doesn't seem to have an ISBN number (I looked for one) and the only copy I've seen available online is the one I purchased. The more readily-available Heart Warming Life #3 (Japanese: ジェニー (No.3) ゆかたと着物 Heart warming life series―わたしのドールブック [ムック] / ISBN-10: 4529028917, ISBN-13: 978-4529028912) has similar content and is cheaper, but Jenny Winter '92 is a better deal (unless dramatically over-priced) due to the wide range of styles and content. The book is also bigger (although not thicker) than the volume I own from the Heart-warming life series. ( )