'People don't get it': inside the world of hyper-realistic baby doll collecting

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A subculture of lifelike baby dolls is thriving on social media – despite enthusiasts being dismissed as grown women playing mommy

I’m not sure what I expected a collector of hyper-realistic baby dolls to look like, but Kellie Eldred-Smith isn’t it. On the frigid midwinter morning that I arrive at her Ithaca, New York, home, she greets me brightly in leggings and a cropped sweatshirt branded with the logo of a local Pilates studio. Her ink-black hair is pulled into a pert bun behind the most perfectly straight bangs I’ve ever seen.

 

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