As well as collecting dolls Julian was for a time
making one-off replicas of Lillis – a comic-strip
character created in the 1950s by the German
tabloid newspaper Bild and eventually turned
into a doll – with his business partner Liz Lee.
He explains: “We had the raw components made
in a factory and we finished them here, literally
at the kitchen table. We enjoyed it tremendously,
however they have now sold out and we are
working on new projects.”
Prior to making dolls, Julian worked as a fashion
designer, fashion stylist, doll dealer and prophouse runner. He sold the town house a year and
a half ago and is currently living in a detached
Georgian cottage in Broadstairs.