(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 ...

Hello Kitty’s longevity is partly down to her inherent simplicity. In terms of design, she is composed of a few basic shapes, ...

In an interview with the BBC, Shimizu described her design as "a white cat with a red bow in its hair ... Shimizu, who left Sanrio two years after creating Hello Kitty, remarked on the enduring ...