And speaking of Hello Kitty...

[concertina]

Sanrio just opened a Luxe Store in NYC Times Square!

One of the Jezebel writers attended the opening, and took lots of pictures!

Hello Kitty: Hello Kitty & Random Celebs Get Catty At Sanrio Luxe Store Opening

 

[TamiChoi]

HOLY DAMN! Finally! When I went, it was under construction or something haha.

 

[Janice]

omg I'm totally going there next week!

 

[AimeeL]

:O I am so glad this isn't near me...or I'd waste SO much money there lol.

 

[Jello89]

Zomg.

 

[Blushbaby]

I just don't get the fascination that grown women have with this brand!

 

[banjobama]

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Originally Posted by Blushbaby I just don't get the fascination that grown women have with this brand!

Me neither. I live in Japan and I saw a dish cloth set at a store here with Hello Kitty sitting in Buddha's lap.

WTF??

 

[vocaltest]

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Originally Posted by Blushbaby I just don't get the fascination that grown women have with this brand!

me neither. i got a lashing for saying this though so be careful

 

[Willa]

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Originally Posted by Blushbaby I just don't get the fascination that grown women have with this brand!

I guess it's like winnie the pooh or something
It's cute, but I wouldnt buy expensive things with Hello Kitty on it. Somebody would give me something, I would use it, but for the fun of it sometimes.

 

[Miss Virtue]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blushbaby I just don't get the fascination that grown women have with this brand!

LMAO it's cute!!!

Who knows!?!

 

[Janice]

Cute aka Kawaii is an ingrained part of Japanese culture. Like Barbie, Sanrio has created an iconic character that transcends age boundaries.

 

[oracle1]

Im going

 

[cupcake_x]

I'm going to check it out! Thanks

 

[k.a.t]

That's amazing....im so glad there isn't one of those anywhere here or i'd be out in the streets begging for money to spend there lol

 

[kimmy]

i like chococat...and badtz maru, i used to have this stuffed doll of him where he was pulling his eyelid down. when i was a kid, i heard that was the japanese equivalent to flipping someone off, so naturally i thought he was amazing.

i wish there was a giant sanrio store near here. there was this purse they had at the ontario mills one with little pigs on it one time, but i didn't have any money so i went back after i got paid and they didn't have it...and i haven't been able to find it since.