The 2009 Hello Kitty collector edition Swarovski crystal encrusted watches have arrived. These pink and white wristwatches are designed in Italy by Vabene and manufactured in Japan by Citizen.

Citizen’s quality is high and the Swarovski crystals shine. Hello Kitty 2009 Limited Swarovski watches are available for $580 at Gizmine.

NEC today announced in Japan it has teamed up with Sanrio (the company behind the Hello Kitty brand) and French fashion designer Courrèges to develop a girls-only notebook for the Japanese market.

Moving away from the obvious looks and concentrating on what lies inside, the notebook is powered by an AMD Athlon QL-60 processor (1.90GHz), a 13.3-inch WXGA screen (1280×800 resolution), a DVD drive, 2GB of main memory and a 160GB hard disk.

The so-called “NEC LaVie G Hello Kitty Courrèges” will be available online and in selected Sanrio shops only. The Nippon-only notebook will be available from October 25 (price: $1,100 without MS Office).

This luxury doghouse was created in 2007 for a sales event at a department store in Tokyo and designed in collaboration with a maker of high-end pet goods. It’s worth3.9 million yen (32,000 dollars).

The most expensive doghouse in the world, large enough for a Chihuahua or terrier, is decorated with 7,600 crystal beads and has a pillow in the shape of Hello Kitty’s face.

“There’s been a boom in luxury couches for larger dogs, so we thought there might be room for something new,” said a Sanrio (the company behind Hello Kitty) spokesman.

Products created in previous years for the week-long sales event aimed at adult Kitty fans include a Kitty-themed “i” minicar from Mitsubishi Motors Co. and a Hello Kitty Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, which sold last year for $20,460, he said.

Hello Kitty is the best-known of the many Sanrio characters. Created in the early 70’s it was initialy marketed to the children-teen age group, but in recent years the Hello Kitty logo can be seen making cameos on products for all ages. While these watches may look playfull, they pack some serious bling, they retail for around 2 grand and have a stunning diamond bezel.

They’re available with black, white or pink patent leather straps with square or round faces and various cutesy Hello Kitty graphics. Each one has a 0.89 total carat weight and a pink saphire flower denoting 12. Available for around $2,000, the whole collection can be seen here.

On September 27, Sanrio announced plans to begin selling solid gold Hello Kitty playing cards, which the company will make available through its online shop beginning October 3.

Each of the 54 cards (2 jokers included) measures 58 x 89 mm and is made from 0.73 gram of 99.99% pure gold.

Pressed to a thickness of 7 microns with precision rolling technology developed by the Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, the cards are sealed in a protective laminate printed with colorful designs that depict Hello Kitty in royal dress.

Coming from the house of Sanrio, is this lovely Hello Kitty pendant shining in yellow gold. This mouth less cat has long since turned in to a global icon of cuteness and is all the rage these days among children and pretty young women.
So ladies, don’t shy from wearing a Hello Kitty piece of jewelry. This one is specially made for grown ups. Sporting a diamond on her left hand, she looks sober with that bow on her head. Made of pure 24 karat gold and suspended from a gold chain, she can perch on your neckline for 48,500 yen ($485).