They all bear the simple outline of a cat with button ... her long-suffering postman has delivered a Hello Kitty handbag and a tote bag, a purse, a mirror and comb set, two Kitty soft toys wearing ...

The soft, sparse outline of Hello Kitty was first sketched by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. Having just graduated from Tokyo’s Musashino Art University, the young designer was working for Japanese toy ...