Pictures of dolls that look like people are increasingly seen in a wide variety of print media. What is it: another whim of a fickle fashion or, on the contrary, a return to tradition? Let's try to figure it out.
Star dolls
As an example, wax figures from Madame Tussauds are immediately remembered . But we, perhaps, nevertheless will leave them aside, nevertheless such dolls are piece goods, they are made only to order, in full growth and quite often they dress up the things of the person from whom they make a copy. We are talking about small figures, which are also created to order, but sold at a more affordable price. Want to buy a smaller version of Justin Timberlake, Angelina Jolie or Robert Pattinson? Then get ready to shell out $ 3000 per copy. This is a lot, but some fans agree to pay the specified amount, because you just won’t go to be closer to your favorite star!
Baby dolls
Unique dolls, similar to people, began to be made in the early 1990s in the United States. The creators of a new direction in art began to copy babies. Such dolls are called reborn, and the masters themselves are reborn. Artificial babies are not equipped with any mechanisms, they are made of special plastic, sometimes with a fragrance that is used to make baby cosmetic oil. Even the weight of the doll mimics the severity of the newborn - about 3.5 kg. In fact, such dolls are not toys. Someone collects a collection from them, and someone is trying to replace them with their grown child. Some people take such “living” babies very seriously - they bathe them, buy cribs, strollers, child seats for cars, walk with them in parks.
Historical facts
The first human-like dolls appeared in ancient Egypt. Since then, their manufacture has been part of a global culture. For example, in the 17-18th centuries it was fashionable to make copies of children, for this they even took hair from the latter - so the doll looked more natural. Of course, since before man did not have the finest tools and modern technologies, the similarities turned out to be very distant. But today, dolls that look like people are simply becoming indistinguishable from humans. In their manufacture the smallest details are taken into account: imitation of veins, surface of the “skin”, natural color of the body, hair, and much more.
No doubt human-like dolls are a very sophisticated and time-consuming art. The time has come when a frightening resemblance is achieved with the help of new materials and technologies. They say that once the police opened the car because they mixed up the reborn with a living baby. The police decided that the child had been neglected by the parents.
But here’s what’s interesting: recently, in the media, not only photos of dolls that look like people, but also people who have typical puppet features, have flashed more and more often. Girls, thin to transparency, with unnaturally large eyes and long legs - just revived "Barbie". This similarity is often achieved through plastic surgery. You can argue hoarsely about which beauty is better: natural or "puppet", but the fact remains - the girls want to look like fairy-tale characters and make any sacrifices to achieve the result.