Doll photography: muñecas ‘influencers’

She is barely 29 centimeters tall, but she has an apartment in Barcelona and more social life than Anna Wintour. Is named Tina. Shown haute couture and poses better than a ‘top model’. Ken would break up with Barbie as soon as he saw her. Is a ‘influence‘ in miniature. Dollfluencers, they call them. These dolls have up to sex toys.

It’s a ‘hobby‘which already accumulates more than three million’ posts’ on Instagram: Doll photography. Fashion doll photography. Mini-scale styles worthy of ‘Vogue’. They already have a whole artillery of viral hashtags: #fashiondoll, #dollstagram, #instadoll& mldr; No, they are not the only toys that pose in the networks. Years ago the #toyphotography. On Instagram there are already 10 million dolls with more vitality than those of ‘Toy story’.

“A life of scale”, calls her Edel. He is the fashion director for Tina and the rest of the mini-models in her doll agency. Edel Devora, @yoedelmo On Instagram. A guild institution. You want to belittle the ‘Honey, I’ve shrunk the kids’ just so I can dress you. You can tell that he has been working in fashion consulting for more than 20 years.

Age? “Enough to don’t stop playing& rdquor ;, he smiles. He does not go out without at least one doll. It still has the first Barbie Superstar The one he started playing with at 11. His wardrobe – his gaming buddies will confirm right away – looks like Narnia’s. “It’s another world,” they sigh. Edel has turned a good part of its drawers into a “library& rdquo; in miniature.

If you ask anyone here how many dolls they have, they will all throw onomatopoeia: “Uuuuuh !!! & rdquor ;. Years ago they stopped counting. Their mini models have more clothes than they do.

Today they have been 5 humans and a dozen ‘fashion dolls’. They usually meet to take photos in Barcelona once a month for at least 7 years. They are already used to being looked at with a ‘meme’ face. “And aren’t you too old for this?” “Well no & rdquor ;, they shake their heads. Everyone has ever thrown themselves on the floor with their wrists in search of a good angle.

Today Tina wears’looks‘inspired by the latest collection of Chanel: the jacket is from Huang Weiyuan (@weiyuannnnnn); the skirt, of a Chanel suit from @barbieandintegrity. “There are many people who do incredible things,” explains Edel. A lot, a lot, a lot & rdquor ;. You can find miniature clothes for $ 6 (from Zara of the dolls, ClearLan) up to 600 dresses. They have retro fashion (@mydollydolls.me), ‘Broken jeans (@my_integrity_daisy), to pieces of skin (@MilagrosCambronero he makes them with the leftover human arrangements).

No, they are not toy dolls. “Hopefully & rdquor ;, they all sigh. Are fashion dolls. Mannequin dolls. “What we do is customize them a lot,” Edel details. You can start with a toy store Barbie of 30 euros or even less and make it yours by changing the makeup, hair, body & mldr; We like articulated because for photos it gives a little more life & rdquor ;.

Mary da fe with fotos del before and after, as in a cosmetic surgery clinic. Yes, these dolls have more touch-ups than Kiko Matamoros. Mary changes their hair, repaints their faces, gives them an articulated Barbie yoga body. They are authentic Frankenstein doctors, the whole group agrees.

Mary Martinez is @SalemCityDolls among other Instagram accounts. It’s just a ‘hobby’, she’ll tell you, but she even brings out her own collections. He shows you one of the latest on his mobile: witch-dolls. “Everything they wear I have made: broom, ouija, books, clothes, jewelry … & rdquor ;. In an hour, an hour and a half –he explains-, they were all sold & rdquor ;. They cost about 250 euros each. “It depends on the task they carry out,” he details. It’s a lot of hours & rdquor ;.

The first word that a neophyte learns here on a run is “Poppy& rdquor ;. They refer to the Poppy Parker from Integrity Toys. They are the favorite dolls of these stylists to scale, along with the ubiquitous Barbie. In another league they play author dolls of limited editions. “You can even change his eyes.” Anastasiya opens the head of her doll with the dexterity of a surgeon and touches her eyes inside. “This is BJD (Ball Jointed Doll, articulated dolls). They are the most expensive. Without makeup and without anything, they start from 800, 900 euros – he says without fuss -. With total ‘look’, they can go for up to 5,000 euros & rdquor ;.

Anastasiya Slepkova (@mad.for.dolls). 7 years ago he moved from Russia. She started as a child to sew clothes for dolls and has ended up being a designer for humans. Make ‘body building’ competition bikinis. “It takes two or three times longer when I do clothes for dolls -bill-. That’s why they can’t be cheap & rdquor ;.

“The dolls have up to dildos –Laughs Bea-. And handcuffs and Chinese balls & rdquor ;. Beatriz Martinez (@be.a.doll.bcn) bought her first Barbie at the age of 18, with her first salary. Her “trauma”, she laughs, is that her parents refused to buy her one as a child. Now, at 35, he will have around 200 dolls at home. There’s a lot ‘boom‘, she points out. “Of all ages. Of all the guilds & rdquor ;. They have coincided in a convention with the actress Macarena Gómez.

Edel suddenly pulls out a Barbie scale Ikea armchair. The group is revolutionized. “Oooooh & rdquor ;. “Ikea launched years ago a series of miniature furniture -explains-, and I have sold one to Mary & rdquor ;. As soon as the two of them are careless, Cyrus has already seated one of his ‘fashion dolls‘.

Ciro Borghese (@ohmydoll_bcn). The dress and coat that another of his mini models wears today were made by him. “When I have no fabric, I cut my clothes and make for them,” he laughs. That’s why they have more clothes than me & rdquor ;.

“You meet wonderful people, very generous and very talented,” says Bea. For instance, @instagramdesandra, Edel points out. “From her blog she shares many printables that she creates herself so that we can make magazines, books & mldr; a thousand things & rdquor ;. “@desdemiapartamento –Adds Mary- makes some spectacular dioramas & rdquor ;.

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Now, they say, they are going to show you their horses. “We have everything & rdquor ;. And they show you their mini millionaire whims: horses, cars, motorcycles, elephants. A parallel world to scale. “It’s a niche market,” says Edel. He has his own brand of doll furniture: Marcia Harrys. “Everything is sold & rdquor ;, he assures.

Mary takes out a bag and begins to distribute mini bracelets at will. “Actually,” he smiles, “they’re braid ornaments & rdquor ;. And they teach you to do photos with perspective. It is an art. “You’re freaking out about this whole world, aren’t you? & Rdquor ;, Anastasiya asks you when she sees that you haven’t shut your mouth for half an hour. “Our sect starts like this & rdquor ;. Well yes, right now you would stay to live with her dolls. “We have another 50 & rdquor; in our life,” she shrugs. parallel mini lives “Where you can do whatever you want & rdquor ;.



Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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