My name is Leonidas, I was born in Athens, Greece in 1984. I prefered reading books, listening to my dad's classical records and knitting with my grandma than playing ball. I also played with my cousin's Barbies a lot. That pretty much sums up my childhood. The doll in the picture is my Kenner Blythe, Spondee. When I was born she had already been sitting somewhere for years, broken and bald, gathering dust and dirt, and just had to wait 21 more years for me to bid on her on ebay and save her. I don't believe in fate but when I think of this I'm very touched. My collection of dolls must be reaching about 400 now. They're mostly vintage and contemporary, alas antique is out of my budget for the time being. I live in London but dream of Tokyo. I take photographs of the personal, intimate and sexual variety, as well as doll photographs of course, sometimes mixing the two with infamous results. I customize and restore dolls, mostly Blythe, specializing in mohair reroots. But my greatest joy is in making clothes. When it comes to fashion and aesthetics, I have two big loves that have little to do with each other. 60s pop culture, mod and 70s romanticism & Rococo, baroque, victoriana and contemporary japanese lolita culture. Mod and Royal are mini brands that reflect these two sides of myself. The concept of this website occured to me during my second trip to Japan in August 2007 and since I started working on it every night, listening to the music from "Ecole" which is playing in the background now. The name came from a song by french dark electronic band Die form. (download here) My personal website: www.aifol.net My flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/stadtkind You can email me at stadtkind (at) gmail (dot) com ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Event timeline: :: August 2009 Release of Poupée mécanique Misaki & Amélie in collaboration with Jason Wu, Integrity Toys :: July 2009 Dollchick+ 2, Tokyo. Second presentation of Poupée mécanique Misaki & Amélie "Around the World with "Fashion Obsessed" Coco Moon!" exhibition, Gallery Lele, Tokyo :: April 2009 "Harajuku Dolls Exhibition" in Laforet, Tokyo. First presentation of Poupée mécanique Misaki & Amélie :: September 2008 Doll Show 23, Tokyo :: April 2008 Variety fair Spring 2008, Tokyo. Participating with 2 custom dolls and 2 outfits. Doll Show 22, Tokyo :: December 2007 Main feature of Dolly*Dolly Vol.15 :: August 2007 Invited to Tokyo to work for Dolly Dolly Vol.15 Small exhibition of photographs and doll outfits at Koenji Shorin cafe :: June 2007 First trip to Tokyo to present "Private Ai-Ai" at the Blythe Beauty contest, designed by now deceased team Heylittlegirl. 2nd runner up position. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Everything on this website is copyright © Leonidas 2004 - 2009 unless otherwise stated. Please do not use anything without permission.