Hello Kitty Men’s Underwear

It’s always more than a bit scary when I browsing with Hello Kitty Underwear because there can be something like the Hello Kitty low rise men’s underwear waiting to greet me inside:

It is times like this when it actually helps to have lived in Hello Kitty Hell for a long period of time because instead of sitting there with a blank stare of unbelieving incomprehension at what the Hello Kitty fanatic had just said (which will ultimate lead to further Hello Kitty Hell doom down the road), you are able to actually translate what has just been said into language that normal people can comprehend.

Sanrio Hello Kitty x Kishidan = Hello Kishidan!!! !

Who's Kishidan?Kishidan is the rock band formed in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture in 1997.
Its leader is Sho Thelonious Ayanokoji, who was a charisma for delinquents in the region.
They always wear shool uniforms with pompadour hair.
The other members are; Hikaru Saotome, Hitomi Saionji, Grandmarnier Hoshi, Shochikubai Shiratori and Yukinojo Shiratori.

Letters on Kitty's back says "Kishidan"!

Size
Mascot	Approx. H3.1 x W1.9 x D2.3cm
Entire Length (Incl. Netsuke Strap)	Approx. 11.9cm
Package	Approx. H13 x W5.1 x D3.1cm

Material

Vinyl Chloride Resin (non-phthalate plasticizer)

Hello Kitty x Quolomo

Teaming up with Quolomo, an apparel, lifestyle creative collective from Tokyo, started by designer/DJ hobby: tech, whom has done another collaborative project involving the iconic Hello Kitty character, Medicom Toy will be releasing a 400% Hello Kitty Kubrick. With Quolomo meaning “wear” the company aims to create a wearable product dedicated to high standards of quality and originality while producing items that can be appreciated for its artistry much like this Kubrick piece. Retail is set at ¥8,190

Source: hyperbeast & hello-chico

Hello Kitty to Issho! Figure: Rio

"Hello Kitty to Issho! "The long-awaited arrival of figures from? ! First in the famous illustration of Miku "KEI" he worked on the "Rio"! ! Attention to detail is the work of about 18cm in length.
 
If Hello Kitty were real, and HOT, this is what she'd look like. The first figure in this year's Hello Kitty artist movement, Kittyler 'Rio' is designed by renouned artist KEI of Vocaloid fame. This product is not serialized, but it is very limited in production from Japan.

• Origin(s) Hello Kitty to Issho (ハローキティといっしょ！)
• Character(s) Rio (リオ)
• Company(ies) Eikoh (エイコー) Manufacturer
• Material(s) PVC
• Release Date 2011/03

Sean D'Anconia x Hello Kitty "Hello Kitty, Hello London"

Well, Hello Kitty (Real name: Kitty White) was actually born in the great city of London and then apparently moved to Japan. So for this print, we learn a little bit about Kitty-chan’s part time job searching for cuteness all over London. Kind of hard to find with all those crazy Daleks around…

Here are some close-up pics of the original “Hello Kitty: Hello London” from this past year’s Nisei Week show at HoldUp Art.

Sean D'Anconia x Hello Kitty “Crouching Kitty, Hello Dragon” – 9 Lives of the Kitty Show

Originally, this was to be a 3-panel triptic, but as the story came together in my mind, so did the title – a parody of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. And then there was the issue of “Hello Kitty” style dragons. In fact, there is a truly “hidden dragon” in the piece. But you would need to look for it carefully. The one behind my “Crouching Miyamoto-Musashi Kitty-Chan” is um, really more of a hidden Hello Kitty in a dinosaur outfit, but then who’s counting?

The idea behind this piece revolved around creating a birthplace for Hello Kitty’s ancient ancestors. I thought that a magical land between Japan, China and Korea could be the spot. Where Martial Arts masters mixed with dragons, dinosaurs, monks and other friends! And inside the magical eggs with the Kanji for “love” were more kitties waiting to be born.

The whole “kittyrific” world is sort of a “musical” for your eyes, if that makes sense.

One of the goals of this work was to take Hello Kitty out of the range of some of the less than “kawaii” aesthetic that I’ve seen of late, and return her to the her “cute/pink/pretty” sensibility but with an edge. That edge, which is both irreverent and reverent at the same time, draws attention to many Japanese concepts of art and design which have been lost to American audiences. I wanted to show that Kitty could be herself while still being inspiring for non-kitty fans interested in an idealic universe of pleasure and candy-coated beauty.

In fact, Hello Kitty or “Kitty White” as she is known on her school attendance list, was indeed born in London, England. But this is a magical tale of her previous lives. And while it does not feature the birth of Kitty-chan, or her first parents (I’m still considering that profound question), it does show many of the early kitties in a martial arts epic harkening back to something like a 60′s Shaw Brothers Studio production (Hong Kong). Luckily, I’m free to direct and write all the music anytime Sanrio asks me to. ^=^

I experimented with some candy-color mixing techniques here. I wanted my “Hello Kitty(s)” to look like they were shades of smarties, pocky, fruit loops, etc. Something good enough to eat, if only Acrylic tasted better than um…paint.

One of the little details that I like to throw in are the atraditional kimono patterns which you see adorning my little Hello Kitty dinosaurs. Along with Ancient Samurai Ka-Mon (family seals). In addition, many of my pieces are finished with original Hello Kitty hanafuda on the side panels – something I picked up from my (adopted) master, Yokoo Tadanori when he dominated Japan’s outsider art scene in the 60′s/70′s. Hanafuda are “flower cards” which were invented by Nintendo, dating from the mid 1800′s and adopted by the Yakuza as an important gambling tool.