"I can't stop buying Hello Kitty stationery," says the 14-year-old, as she wanders around a Hello Kitty store in the shopping district of Causeway Bay, in Hong Kong. "She is so cute." Tse, much ...

“My mother gave me Hello Kitty stationery and school supplies like pencil cases and plastic boards. When I saw them, I ...

Unlike Mickey Mouse and Snoopy, Hello Kitty didn’t start as a cartoon. A young Sanrio illustrator named Yuko Shimizu drew her in 1974 as a decoration for stationery, tote bags, cups and other ...

But that’s actually not too surprising – there’s no escaping Hello Kitty in Japan, it’s a HK Mecca. Everything I had as a kid – from stationery to rollerblades and lunchboxes – had her ...

It’s 50 years since the creation of one of the world’s most recognisable characters, Hello Kitty. In 1974, a 24-year-old Japanese illustrator called Yuko Shimizu put pen to paper to draw the ...

After all, it’s the perfect set to accompany my Hello Kitty Island Adventure obsession ... into the lilac aesthetic and bought matching stationery. I’ve even kept my desk tidy since adorning ...