Every origin story has a hinge point. For Dolly, it was the arrival of Mr. Julian Thorne. Thorne was a relic of the 90s supermodel era—a chain-smoking, world-weary scout who had lost his passport and his patience. He was supposed to be catching a connecting flight to Milan, but a snowstorm grounded him in Dolly’s nondescript city.
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To capture "supermodel" poses, these figures require maximum posability. Standard dolls feature 5 to 11 points of movement. Every origin story has a hinge point