Kim Kardashian's Major Crash Out Over this Rare Hermès Birkin

Kim Kardashian recently recounted her “Shoulder Birkin meltdown” on the Call Her Daddy podcast, and it’s a wild ride of Hermès obsession and family drama.

The saga begins with a rare Jean-Paul Gaultier Shoulder Birkin—but this wasn’t just any vintage bag. Kim had her sights set on the ultra-rare Shiny Bordeaux Porosus Crocodile version, a true JPG collector’s dream.

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Although keeping such a rare find to herself seemed tempting—especially in a fashion-obsessed family like the Kardashians—Kim ultimately decided to share the bag with her mom, Kris Jenner. She sent the campaign images, runway photos, and a picture of the bag, adding, “If you ever find it, I want it.”

A few weeks go by, and Kim received a message from a vintage store, they’ve found the bag, and would she like it. The store found the bag, Kim negotiated the price, but… she forgot to confirm the purchase because she was taking a rare tech break.

Enter the family chaos: Kim visited her mom’s house with Khloé and overheard Kris talking to Khloé, saying, “It’s one of your sisters’ birthdays—who wants to chip in on a bag?” She quickly went quiet when she realized Kim was listening. Kim assumed Kris had gotten the bag as an early birthday gift for her and that she would hold onto it. Convinced of this, Kim decided not to respond to the store about buying the bag herself.

The situation escalated when Kim noticed her sister Kylie post a picture of the JPG Shoulder Birkin she’d been dreaming of, captioned, “Thanks Mom for the bag.” Shocked, Kim immediately called Kris, rage-texted screenshots and receipts, and unleashed what she described as full-blown “monster” energy.

What really happened? Kris had actually mixed up the birthday lists. What really happened? Kris had actually mixed up the birthday lists… and can you really blame Kris, for keeping up with the Kardashians?

Enter the hero: Khloé. Feeling for Kim after the mix-up, she and her team tracked down a JPG Shoulder Birkin in black crocodile with palladium hardware. While not the Bordeaux version Kim wanted, Khloé gifted it months early for her birthday, ending the drama—and making Kim’s JPG Shoulder Birkin dreams come true.