Meet the DIY designer dogs with 200,000 followers on Instagram – The Times

Dressed in matching colourful outfits that mirror the decor around them, Stella and Lucy are trying to contain three high-energy chihuahuas wriggling on their laps — Tennessee, 1, Jolene, 3, and Dolly Pawton, 11. If you like Dolly’s unimprovable name, then you will love her Instagram page, @dolly_pawton, where she has an army of more than 200,000 loyal followers. Much like her owners’ house in west London, her page is plastered with primary colours, patterns and prints. It is an Instagram page so lucrative that Stella, 42, was able to start managing it full-time in 2018. Stella and Lucy’s love story began in 2010 when they met at Brighton Pride. Stella was living in Wolverhampton, caring for a friend, and Lucy, 48, was working in fashion in London. They navigated a long-distance relationship for six years. In their rhubarb and custard kitchen with a JJ Abrams print AKIRA SUEMORI FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES Stella finally moved into Lucy’s flat in the West End in 2016, two years after they married. But she struggled to settle. “There was a big weight for me in the old place. It didn’t feel like I was connected to anything there,” she says. That’s when
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