Recently Charlize Theron bagged hard on the women she sees sporting Hello Kitty and the like on their T-shirts well into their 30s. Her role in the upcoming film Young Adult was likely what brought the topic to the fore in this case, but her opinions are pretty unwavering. Recently Muppets have made their way onto grown-up attire in a nostalgic way, and even the Angry Birds have become a seemingly age-neutral trend for T’s. What’s your stance on these kid trends on adults?
I’m pretty amazed by Hello Kitty. I see so many women in their 30s walking around in Hello Kitty sh*t and nobody is concerned for them,” Theron said. “It’s the one iconic teenage symbol that seems okay for women in their 30s? The world seems to not have an issue with it.”
[via Huffington Post]
Are PJ’s okay? Tarina Tarantino’s Hello Kitty jewelry was super popular with Hollywood starlets for a while. Where do we draw the line? Of course no one wants to see a woman who is trying to wear her daughter’s ill-fitting clothes, but is it a juvenile fascination or just a woman’s right to be able to wear these cartoons if she pleases? Do we, or Ms. Theron, have any right to judge?
What do you think, Lovelies? What’s the cutoff age for Hello Kitty and her cartoon counterparts?








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On CLOTHING? That you wear in PUBLIC? My guess is 15. If you want to wear spongebob pajamas in your own home, so be it. Older women who wear winnie the pooh or something on their clothes while walking around downtown drive me crazy. How do you take a grown woman seriously when she has Eyeore on her boobs?
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NEVER!! it’s called being youthful.
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I honestly don’t care what Charlize thinks about what I wear or don’t wear. She is an actress, her opinion doesn’t matter to me.
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Personally, I’d be embarrassed to go out in a Hello Kitty top at 18, but would it bother me if I saw someone else wearing it? No.
rose / 802 posts
As soon as you’re old enough for college, you’re too old to be wearing character clothing, period.
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I used to be guilty of wearing Hello Kitty in public in my 30s. I stopped when I got pregnant with my son and I never went back. My SIL still wears Hello Kitty and I don’t think anything is wrong with her. It’s a personal decision and I wouldn’t make sweeping generalizations about women who choose to wear things I wouldn’t be caught dead in. Saying older women shouldn’t wear cartoon characters is the same as saying older women shouldn’t wear bikinis or short skirts.
ETA: Those Hello Kitty shoes and the Animal tank top are awesome. I wouldn’t care who thought I had mental problems if I wore them.
rose / 980 posts
This makes me want to buy Hannah Montana shoes!
Seriously, who the hell really cares? Does it really matter? There’s people starving in Africa and we should give a second thought to the weirdos wearing Hello Kitty?
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i wear mighty morphin power rangers tee.. i’m 25.. i grew up with that shit.. this generation of teens weren’t even alive when that shit came on when i was a kid! but i wouldn’t wear it to a formal party or some shit.. i just wear it for work since i work with kids and i would never wear my nice clothes since being with kids you know you’re gonna get dirty esp dealing with infants!
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@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - agreed!
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@wonderland7386@xanga - yeah apparently charlize theron doesn’t know what that means nor has she ever heard of the word youthful.. she maybe the one with issues.. haha
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i despise Hello Kitty
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I wear character clothing and i’m 21. Who cares. People wear whatever they want and people should stop judging.
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There is a difference between being childish and childlike. I’ve seen just as many immature adults wearing cartoon characters as I have seen mature, playful adults wearing the same.
I love the Ninja Turtles. I also like The Legend of Zelda (a video game for those not in the know). I like Tigger, WInnie the Pooh, and many others. My level of maturity is NOT a reflection of the characters I put on my shirts. It’s just a reflection of the fact that I still enjoy these characters even after the years for which such characters were created have gone by. There’s a certain sense of nostalgia and playfulness that ought not to be lost just because we’re adults. I think the Joker had it right…in a twisted sort of way…”Why sooo SERious?!”
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Seriously, who cares?
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If you’re 30+ and want to look respectable in any way, you really shouldn’t be wearing anything with a pun, character, etc.
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who cares? what’s the difference between a plain t-shirt and a t-shirt with a character on it? nothing. there’s obviously a difference between professional clothing and a t-shirt, but if you’re just in comfortable clothes going grocery shopping or taking your kids to the park to play with them then what does it matter?
how is a character on a t-shirt vs. a plain t-shirt any less “respectable”?
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LOL forever love for hello kitty
rose / 791 posts
who cares? i have plenty of shirts with Disney characters on them. I’m 23 and I wear them all the time, lol.
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Who cares? Everyone I know wears character clothes. One of the girls I work with (who’s 18-19) bought a Batman shirt. I was jealous.
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People only care if you’re fucking insecure about what people think. Why would I care about what someone think about what I wear? Much less anything else? Gay people wear rainbows OoOooOoOoooooOOo I drew rainbows in 3rd grade. Who the fuck cares. People live, talk, wear, however they want. Charlize can die in a ditch I wouldn’t care. So…if you’re saying that I rolled up in my Black Porsche GT3 RS with a pink kitty on the side of it it’s childish….it’s Porsche GT3 RS you can gtfo. Pink kitty on it or not I dress and do whatever I want, however I want, and we’re all entitled to our own opinions. If you don’t like what I do you can bitch more or stfu.
ps. Charlize smd
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The people who are immature are those are aren’t mature enough to be comfortable with things from their childhood. Obviously holding your teddy bear around everywhere you go is childish. If you’re a person that says, “I’m too old for that” then I guess you can say you’ve never done anything immature or childish in your life in your current “mature” age…if not then the last thing you should be worrying about is wearing Elmo on your clothes and you know what Elmo is fucking bad ass. So is Big Bird, Grover, and Cookie Monster. If you didn’t like them you were an outcast an a weirdo as a kid. If you don’t like them now you still are. If you’re not a person who’s comfortable with childhood things you must be one of the most lame assed, mundane, boring people in world.
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Wear whatever you are comfortable with. One thing though – I find guys in cartoon boxers a massive turn off
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I stopped wearing them at about 17 or so I wasn’t really because I thought they were childish or anything my tastes just kinda changed. I don’t care what other people wear though. to each their own.
but I would so wear that first animal tank top that one is awesome. haha
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Wear whatever whenever… I’m 23, couple months shy of 24, and I wear my Gir jacket with ears on the hood and all. I have a Jack Skellington jacket that I still love. I have Hello Kitty pjs, complete with Hello Kitty slippers. Who really cares? My boyfriend actually loves my pink Hello Kitty short shorts. Shit’s awesome and I look awesome in it.
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Lol who cares what she thinks I’ll wear my HK all the livelong day.
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I’m 20 and I won’t go out in a cartoon shirt except as pajamas. I am already under five feet tall, so I feel like nobody would take me seriously if I wore a Spongebob shirt or something.
But I do have an awesome t-shirt that I scored at an early showing of Kick Ass and it’s just too great not to wear. Though that’s a movie, not a kid’s cartoon.:)
orchid / 148 posts
i think it totally depends on where you’re going or what you’re doing in those clothes. if it’s a situation where you can do what you like, then where what the heck you like! lol! but if it’s, ya know, work or church or something like that, then dress appropriately.
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Angry Birds is not a “kid character”
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@SuburbanSweetheart - So am I too old for my Minnie-Mouse printed PJ shirt?
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why the fuck do people care so much? take that stick out your ass.
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I doesn’t really matter to me. My understanding is that the people who think Hello Kitty is for kids had Hello Kitty merchandise when they were little girls, and eventually grew out of her. Meanwhile the people who didn’t grow up with Hello Kitty stuff are more likely to become eternally fixated on her. I’m in the latter category.
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If you can rock it, why stop?
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I mean, whatever. When I first read the question I was gonna say “when you become a parent.” but I mean, I really don’t care.
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NEVER! I like being youthful and since I’m a BIG hello kitty collector I don’t care what anyone thinks! BUT I know for myself I wouldn’t wear it in public after my 30′s, I still rock my HK pj’s and shirts at home and in the company of friends & family!
daisy / 505 posts
I wouldn’t, but I don’t care if someone else does. I feel similar about band tees…I can get maybe three more years out of them and then I’ll start feeling awkward.
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I agree with everyone that says never, wearing cartoon apparel just shows that you still enjoy these things. The only immature people are the ones that seem to equate what people wear to their maturity level. Turning into an adult doesn’t mean you have to stop having fun, as long as your being responsible and taking care of your grown up duties, it shouldn’t matter if you like to wear cartoon tees, band shirts, jeans all the time.
This post really hits home with me, because I m one of those people, I m 23, I watch cartoons and wear cartoon apparel and band tees, I skateboard, climb trees, ride bikes, all kinds of ”childish stuff.” That doesn’t stop me from having a job that makes me 3000+ dollars a month, working on my bachelors in computer science and taking care of my bills. And if me wearing and doing “childish things,” makes you feel the need to to belittle me as a person or think that I m not mature enough you can go walk off a high cliff. You obviously don’t enjoy your life enough to do the things you find fun, because your too preoccupied by what society tells you, your too old for.
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O.K. so a complaint we often here this days is young girls dress too “grown-up” and now that grown women dress too much like little girls. *head explode*
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The comments make me giggle, the full post does.
I don’t really care what this star says. I have my taste, and I wear what I think I should, she has her taste and wears what she should. It should stop there. Its so silly when people tell other’s how they should dress.
People wear what they like, end of story. There is no “cut off” age its more or less up to the person themselves too choice/realize they out grow that taste. That’s all.
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@NaitoOfNarnia@xanga - Aw, it’s Vindictus! That’s the game to play!