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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Molly Powell

I’m a 26-year-old who still spends hundreds of pounds to play with dolls

A 26-year-old woman who “just never stopped playing with dolls” now has a reborn hyper realistic doll collection, often “dressing them up” and thinks her “fun and therapeutic hobby” is something more women should do as “men don’t have to give up their hobbies” as they get older.

Rochelle Sadd, a disability support worker, from New South Wales, Australia, always loved playing with dolls, especially baby dolls and Barbies, and when she was around 12 years old she saw an advert for reborns and instantly it was all she could think about, she says.

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