Leading the way is Hello Kitty who has two new Squishmallows ... Squishmallow takes it back to her simple debut design, ...

The official Hello Kitty collection has keychains, backpacks and more like this tote, also available in red, black or white ... shimmer with a Hello Kitty design on the bottles.

"Shrewd" is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo's Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered ... modern and timeless, giving Kitty black outfits or false eyelashes ...

Designed by Yuko Shimizu in 1974, her appearance, consisting of a black dot ... the reason for Hello Kitty's long-lasting success is not only the excellent design of the character, but also ...

(Photo: A replica of the first ever Hello Kitty product. Credit: Getty Images) Her design – a white cat with a red bow in its hair – only took a couple of days to complete. Yuko asked her ...

"What's really interesting about Hello Kitty is she was one of the first pop culture brands to introduce Japanese culture to an American audience, and really opened up that new design aesthetic ...

“Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered ... and timeless, giving Kitty black outfits or false eyelashes ...