According to today’s New York Times “Thursday Styles” section, Hello Kitty and Barbie are in a feud. (Just call ’em Puss ‘n Boots”!)
During the fall shows at the upcoming NY Fashion Week, two groups of designers are doing special shows: one, Hello Kitty-themed, to celebrate a collaboration with MAC cosmetics, and another in honor of Barbie’s 50th birthday. While we don’t know who all the designers are yet, we can’t help but wonder what will win out: the Icon or the It Girl? Says the Times: “Barbie is to Cindy Crawford what Hello Kitty is to Naomi Campbell. One is the conscientious workhorse of her oeuvre, with a heart of gold (or plastic) and an improbably perfect body; the other is more difficult to read, with a sinister streak lurking behind that sweet, beautiful facade…’I love that there is an innocence about Hello Kitty, but she’s also sexy,’ said Esteban Cortazar, the Ungaro designer, who was taken by her cockeyed red bow.”