Melbourne resident Victoria Kyriakopoulos has built up her collection of Hello Kitty memorabilia over 24 years. The cost of the entire collection is no small figure. "I've lost count, I think ...

It’s 50 years since the creation of one of the world’s most recognisable characters, Hello Kitty. In 1974, a 24-year-old Japanese illustrator called Yuko Shimizu put pen to paper to draw the ...

Let’s start by setting the record straight. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She is actually, according to Sanrio, the company behind the global mega brand, a girl named Kitty White. Kitty’s not even ...