Nows the time to bring up Hello Kitty. Check out the following link: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/Feature_Stories/ODD_Hello_Kitty_Cops.html
Talk about the “picture of cute”. It does not matter what age you are in Thailand, but Hello Kitty, stuffed animals, and cartoon-branded products are not just for children. Here, it appears that it is an ageless brand since most of my students, who are over 30 yrs old and college-aged people LOVE Hello Kitty paraphenalia. Just about all the women I know have a Hello Kitty purse, cell phone dangley, cell phone case, T-shirt, or accessory. This is such a different place than the U.S, where kids shy away from anything “childish” (such as cartoons or cutesy things) by the age of 10, am I right? HK here is stylish, a mark of trendiness. Or so it seems!
