This Is The Lammily Doll With Freckles And Acne That Make It More Attractive Than Barbie
An "anti-Barbie" or Lammily doll is currently on sale. It has created the image of a "normal" 19-year-old woman from real life, even with a package of objects and stickers like a "plaster cast, freckles, acne, scars and temporary tattoos." You can even give her glasses, stretch marks, mosquito bites and dirt stains, according to RT News.
The idea behind the creation of this doll is to highlight the image of a real young woman, not an "overly idealized and clearly underweight Barbie doll," who cannot join some professions. A 26-year-old toy-maker, Nickolay Lamm had made a prototype for an art project. By giving it average body proportions, and using data from the Centre for Disease Control, he put it next to a Barbie doll.
Barbie has always faced deep criticism. As she looks eccentric in her proportions, it is thought that she would weigh around 110 pounds as a real woman, with a BMI of 16.24 considered "anorexic." Lammily has found that her size of 36-18-33 did not correspond at all to the average 32-31-33.
His project drew a lot of responses, as even actress and singer Demi Lovato called Lammily "awesome." It made him begin a "crowd-funding effort" to create the doll, so that he could raise about $100,000 every day. Within 30 days he had generated more than $500,000, according to CNN. Its "wide hips, thick legs and rounded rump," did not seem to meet the ideal mould, but still it became popular.
The 11-inch doll is currently priced at $25. It wears an "ombre denim shirt, shorts and white sneakers." It also brings with it a number of stylish ensembles, inspired by cities such as New York, London and Paris, according to Daily Mail. Lamm took the doll to an independent U.S. school in which second-grade kids said that the doll looked very pretty---just like sisters or aunts. "She's really unique, 'cause I don't have other dolls like this - it looks real," one child said.
The children were asked what profession the doll may face, which brought out a list of interesting answers---from swimmer, teacher, computer job to pilot. On the other hand, Barbie probably was a fashion model, said everyone.
This was opposed to a recent book titled "I Can Be a Computer Engineer," that drew heavy criticism as it looked as if Barbie could not be a "good computer engineer without the help of a man." It drew a storm of protests and low-starred reviews from a number of people. "Great for lighting fires during power outages," commented one observer.
Would you like to order for this doll? Check out Lammily.com.
(Credit: YouTube/Nickolay Lamm)