Hello Kitty clothes to go onsale in January

Hello Kitty is brought to life by the bride's maid of honour at a wedding in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Photograph: Zhou Chao/EPA

A Kitty burger at a Hello Kitty themed restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Hello Kitty themed restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

A child wears the hairpin of Hello Kitty in a primary school in Pyongyang, North Korea Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

A Sanrio employee displays an electric fan shaped as, you guessed it, Hello Kitty Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

A large Hello Kitty design is sculpted out of flowers at the annual tulip festival in Toyoka city, western Japan Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

A nail artist shows her Hello Kitty nails during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty Images

Pynkiss Hello Kitty Fashion Show in Milan September 2011, where the fashion line premiered before it hits stores in January 2012 Photograph: PR

Pynkiss also design clothes for children Photograph: PR

A Pynkiss item of clothing can set you back anything from £28 to well over £100. But will the clothing line be a success? Photograph: PR