Please welcome Fashionably Cute’s new contributing editor Wendy Brandes, who is an awesome jewelry designer (of Gigi Caron and Wendy Brandes Jewelry), journalist and blogger with a great sense of humour and a big passion for all things kawaii. This is the first guest post by her for Fashionably Cute, and I really hope our collaboration continues.

Carol of Paris Breakfasts found piggy petit fours in Provence.

Photo by Carol Gillot

Now I must have pigs on the brain, because the first thing I thought of
when I saw these button bobby pins was … pig snouts!

Pig-nose bobby pins from MyDogPepe via Etsy

And what could be cuter than a Pigorian chant?

Sandra Boynton gives good pig

That’s oink, folks!

The Victorian Pig Doll that I wrote about yesterday was designed by pig artist Charles Stephan for the Korean company Elfdoll.

Charles has also designed an incredible little pig sculpture for a program called Adopt an Art Piglet, that can brighten up anyone’s day and generally makes people faint from cuteness.

Not only does the tiny piglet make an awesome gift, it also gives you an opportunity to help real pigs. Part of the profits from the sales of these sculptures goes to an international animal friendly pig organization of choice.

Via Stichting ‘t Gorke and absolutearts.com

Some doll enthusiasts may remember Peteena, the wacky vintage fashion doll with a human body and a poodle head.

Korean company Elfdoll together with an awesome pig artist Charles Stephan have gone even further producing a very limited (only 100 pieces) and quite expensive BJD (ball jointed collectible doll) called Alice Cherry Blossom, with a pig head, dressed in stylish and detailed Gothic Lolita costumes (in fact, it looks as if it’s been dressed by Ralph Lauren, no less). By the way, the doll has a pig/human blody, it’s got a tiny curled tail.

The piglet’s face is rather realistic, but it’s incredibly cute!!! Just look at that sweet expression! The doll is to be released in October.

Via Dolly Culture Magazine, Stichting ‘t Gorke and Elfdoll

The first artist featured in Fashionably Cute’s Gallery is Hiromi Sato, a fashion illustrator with a unique and delicate style. Hiromi literally paints with lace (view more pictures and info after the jump).

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I don’t know about you, but for me wearing Hello Kitty items is a lot of fun. I’ve got a scarf and a beanie hat with the character, lots of keyrings, cell phone straps, cell phone screen cleaners, make up pouches, not to mention note pads, pens, pencils, erasers, mugs, trinket boxes and dozens of collectible plushies.

However for Thai policemen sporting Hello Kitty paraphernalia is a really bad form of punishment for breaking the rules: being late, parking in wrong places, etc.

Although this is better than prison, the poor guys are too embarrassed to wear a special pink Sanrio armband for several days. Thai police officials say that the armband is designed to shame the wearer. They also mention that further offences would be dealt with using a “more traditional disciplinary panel”.

Duh! Of course, Hello Kitty arm bands are not traditional, they’re not even sold at Sanrio shops! My guess is that the next form of punishment would be writing out parking tickets with Hello Kitty pens on Hello Kitty paper, wearing pink uniform with the familiar face on their badges, driving pink Hello Kitty police cars and cooking their lunch on a Hello Kitty toaster.

What do you think? What other forms of punishment would you suggest? Who else should be punished by wearing Hello Kitty? Please leave your opinion in the comments to this post.

Via Catwalk Queen and the BBC. Pictures courtesy of Sanrio

Gigglesugar offers you to decide what’s tackier: Judith Leiber Poodle Bag that Fashionably Cute has discovered or a random poodle bag with feathers found at an online shop. At the moment (while I’m writing this post), Judith Leiber is the uncontested leader

Vote here.

Looks like fashion designers are huge Star Wars fans and are busy creating outfits for the upcoming Star Wars Celebration Europe at London’s ExCeL Centre from 13th to 15th July.

Balenciaga’s main inspiration is C-3PO, and, according to Just Jared, it seems Beyonce is a wannabe Threepio too!

More Star Wars fashion. Even Darth Vader would not be ashamed to wear these Sith Lord outfits: (more…)