article_snippet: But these eerily pneumatic 'women' are in fact realistic dolls, designed, moulded and painted to fulfill the every desire of customers around Europe.
article_snippet: And making the  5,500 euro (£4,000) dolls, which weigh just 40kg, is just all in a day's work for three people at the  Dreamdoll workshop, in Duppigheim, northern France.
article_snippet: Owner Thierry Reverdi adjusts the clothing and sunglasses of one doll at Owner Thierry Reverdi company's workshop .
article_snippet: Each doll is handmade, takes a week to make and has make-up painstakingly painted on by hand .
article_snippet: Owner Thierry Reverdi and employees Eric and Raphaela take light-weight aluminium 'skeletons' and painstakingly add 'flesh', eyes, features, hair and clothes to bring the dolls as close to life as the dolls customers want.
article_snippet: The Dreamdolls website describes the dolls products as 'a range of realistic dolls of a quality and an exceptional beauty'.
article_snippet: But The Dreamdolls website declares that although 'planned for sexual use' the 'lovedolls' are 'also used as realistic mannequins for photo studios for the catalogues of lingerie'.
article_snippet: Each custom-made doll which makes up the more expensive US Edition range takes them a week to make, from pouring the stain-proof and non-stick silicone into moulds to painting on layers of make-up.
article_snippet: the dolls' also come with an internal heating system - which the company points out must be turned off before washing.
highlights_snippet: Dreamdoll, in Duppigheim, France makes custom-made 'love dolls'
  Mannequins weigh 40kg, are just over 5ft tall and are anatomically correct .
  