to LOVE hello kitty stuff!

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in varying shades of pink too...its all i ever put DD in (she is 20 months) but one of my friends says she hates it and would not let her DD be seen dead in it :o

so whats the MN verdict? cute or tacky?

(strongly suspects verdict will be chavvy/tacky etc!)

I remember being so disdainful of character clothing but read on here someone saying remember when you were a child, you always remember your favourite character kit. Mine was a my little pony shoe bag and a my little pony clock. My best friend had care bear wall paper. Happy days :)

I love Hello Kitty stuff, my DD is getting this for her Christmas www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Role-Play/My-First-Hello-Kitty-Kitchen-%280077142%29?cm_mmc=CSE--ChannelAdvisor--GoogleBase-_-0077142&CAWELAID=614535925 and I will dress her in the clothes as well, its harmless enough, certainly more appropriate than Bratz or various other things aimed at little girls.

Clytaemnestra- Did you ever visit Sanrio Land when you lived in Japan? I would soooooo love to go! I'd also love to go to Disney Land in Japan, it looks amazing!

HeidiKat- So cute! Have you seen the little HK playsets they do on there? I can't wait to buy them for DD at Christmas!

All you Hello Kitty freaks lovers should have a look at this blog here

Lots of things you'll love...

And this one

squeaver - there used to be someone who owned a Hello Kitty porsche who must have lived pretty near where I lived as I saw it a lot. Hot pink porsche 911 with a huge hello kitty face on the bonnet. :)

BulletWithAName - I didn't! As soon as I moved there I failed to do anything remotely touristy (too busy shopping for the most part). I did do Disney Sea though, that was great :)

I quite like it, my daughters have maybe one or two items of Hello Kitty clothing. I have Hello Kitty socks.

DD2 has lots of Peppa Pig clothes. DD1 thinks she's generally a bit grown up (at five and a half) for character clothing.

In Japan, you get lots of Kitty Samurai dolls with weapons, guns, knives etc.

The whole thing freaks me out.

BulletWithAName I know, I love all the kitty stuff they have, I really hope she likes it when she's older I'm dying to get her the roller skates.

I used to wear it as a teenager when I was going through a riotgrrl/kinderwhore stage - maybe that's why it surprises me that small kids wear the stuff now. I had a Chococat vest top and Little Twin Stars gloves I got from a charity shop in Manchester

There is a huge Sanrio shop in LA. If you want to save money on it, though, don't buy it from Topshop and the like but go to your closest Chinatown.

DD loves it but I hate the whole idea of marketing to kids. So she has some hello kitty hairclips (Santa), a Minnie Mouse hairband (from Nana) and some Dora PJ's (from uncle), so Peppa Pig play toys & books (gifts from rellies).

I do accept that to an extent it's inevitable so I'm not rampaging against it, but I'm not prepared to support/perpetuate/buy it myself, especially not in a preschooler. Probably will have to soften up a little at some point in the future but there are loads of alternative toys/clothes/activities out there that don't involve branding out kids & I'll be pushing for those when possible.

OP have you ever read a MIFFY book?? They are dreadfully written - I took ours to the charity shop as I couldn't bear to read them (though the drawings are quite cute)