The Rex cats are uber-cute.
Most people are allergic to the cat saliva that is on the cat hair so frequent washing (the cat) helps. If you start when they are kitens they don't hate it as much as the cartoons etc would have you believe. I used to do my Siamese in body temp water and he was fine with it. He would even hop in the bath sometimes when I was there - then again he was a bit of a wierdo.