Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday, the cute, enigmatic character* that adorns everything from handbags to rice cookers still making millions for her Japanese creators. 🇯🇵 The simple *design of the character -- who is not a cat, but a little girl from London* according to Sanrio, the company behind Kitty -- has mileage as a money-spinner for years to come, experts say. One woman in the US state of California has amassed *so much Hello Kitty merchandise that her husband built her a pink so-called _"she-shed"_* to keep it in. *Stuffed inside are thousands of toys and other items featuring Kitty and her eye-catching red bow,* including rows of sunglasses, a swivel chair and novelty gumball dispensers.