Links

Coverdoll is the premier eZine for life-size dolls, featuring a monthly CoverDoll, articles, reviews, members' blogs and galleries:

http://www.coverdoll.com/

 

The Doll Chronicles chronicle the lives of various dolls including Bianca, star of the award-winning movie Lars and the Real Girl:

http://www.dollchronicles.com/

 

Doll Forum is a resource for prospective purchasers of love dolls, including 'foam' dolls and silicone life-size dolls made in Japan, not just Realdolls. The forum has its own doll photo albums, including archives from as far back as 1998, when Realdolls first appeared:

http://www.dollforum.com

 

Professional photographer Elena Dorfman has photographed Realdolls and their owners the world over. Her photos continue to be featured in art gallery exhibitions and they illustrate two books published in 2005, Still Lovers, and a book in French by Elisabeth Alexandre. The former is a 'coffee table' format book with a profound introduction by Elisabeth, while the latter is an in-depth study by Elisabeth, illustrated with some of Elena's photos:

http://www.elenadorfman.com/

 

Elle, a sophisticated Realdoll in beautiful clothes, lives in Paris:

http://bienvenuechezelle.free.fr/

 

Kitten with a whip: Sidore is one of the world's most striking Realdolls. She lives with Davecat, a leading light of the doll movement and one of the guys in the North One Television documentary Guys and Dolls (retitled Love Me, Love My Doll in some countries). The Kitten with a whip web site has been down for a while, but Davecat says it will be back on line soon:

http://www.kuroneko-chan.com

Meanwhile, you can try Davecat's blog: http://www.kuroneko-chan.com/echoes/

And even Sidore's blog: http://synthetikweekend.tumblr.com/. It combines doll news and history with doll/robot art—mostly in the form of pictures with links.

 

Our Doll Community is a smaller forum. Like Doll Forum, it has its own photo album:

http://ourdollcommunity.com/forum/

 

Professor Sakai created the original Kaori face, which became Realdoll face 13. The last I heard, he owns about 25 Realdolls:

http://www.shuzenji-net.co.jp/dolls/

 

Stacy Leigh, Playboy model turned photographer, has a collection of dolls in addition to real live models. She was behind the camera for many of the photos on at least two doll manufacturers' web sites:

http://stacyleighisfluffy.blogspot.com/

 

Gibbmodoll's UK Love Doll Forum is another resource for prospective purchasers of love dolls, especially useful for those in Britain who are looking for a used doll without having to import it. Tip: To turn off the music, which is only on the main page, click the stop button on the MP3 player panel at upper right. (However, you have to wait for it to load first.):

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/

 

Vanessa is a pretty face 11 body 3 Realdoll in Germany. Her web site contains a large amount of information useful to anyone considering buying a Realdoll:

http://www.vanessa-realdoll.de.vu/