Kim Kardashian Opens an Extravagant Unboxing of Hermes Birthday Gifts from Mom Kris Jenner

27 October 2025

Kim Kardashian shows off her Hermès birthday presents from mom Kris Jenner. Credit : Kimkardashian/TikTok(2)

For her 45th birthday, celebrated in Paris while promoting her series All’s Fair, Kim Kardashian posted a high-glamour TikTok un‐boxing video revealing lavish birthday gifts from her mother, Kris Jenner, that included two ultra-rare pieces from Hermès: a red crocodile Birkin Shoulder Bag by Jean Paul Gaultier and a dark-beige crocodile Kelly Cut clutch, each estimated between $26,000 and $75,000.

In the video Kim recounted how the Birkin Shoulder had originally been on hold for her, yet she discovered that Kris had gifted the same piece early to her sister, Kylie Jenner. With candid annoyance she said “Gave away my swag and then acted like she never heard of it before.” The revelation spotlighted a rare moment of tension in the Kardashian-Jenner gift economy albeit framed through handbags and not headlines.

The un-boxing itself felt like more than just social-media content; it was brand theatre. Kim lifted each box in dramatic fashion, unpacking the deep red croc Birkin and the beige Kelly Cut while sharing inside stories about the sourcing and sister rivalry behind them. The moment underscored how luxury gifts in their world are woven with narrative, status and performance.

Though there was a brief storm of sibling angst around the mix-up, the video portrayed it lightly, Kim admitted with a laugh on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she “turns into a monster” when it comes to handbags. In the end the gifts reaffirmed her obsession with Hermès legacy pieces Kim has previously carried Birkin models worth more than $100,000 so the arrival of these new items was very much on brand.

Fashion-wise the timing was perfect. Kim stepped out in a corseted Givenchy minidress from Alexander McQueen’s 1997 haute-couture collection for her Paris birthday party, and also attended a London party thrown by photographer Mert Alas where nude-toned looks dominated. The prominence of these Hermès bags in her un-boxing links neatly with her ongoing positioning as both fashion icon and collector.

From a broader cultural vantage the moment works on multiple levels. Psychologically it reveals the intricacies of family-gift dynamics when everyone has vast means and public profiles. Materially it reaffirms the continuing allure of Hermès “grail” bags in luxury culture. And digitally it illustrates how un-boxing videos, once the province of tech gadgets and toys, have become platforms for high-end fashion spectacle and storytelling.

For fans and followers the video generated buzz not simply because of the six-figure price tags but because of the storyline it promised: the mother who knows the brand-obsessed daughter, the sister who jumped the queue, the red-croc handful of real-world drama dressed up as glamour. The gif-able moment became a loop-worthy clip of luxury, sibling plotlines and branding.

In the end the Hermès reveal doubles as meta-content: Kim not only received gifts but created content around them; Kris gave more than bags, she gifted capitalized narrative. Meanwhile, the brief mention of jealousy adds a layer of humanity to a public-persona ecosystem built on perfection. It reminds us that even in billion-dollar wardrobes and private jets, dynamics of favouritism, exclusivity and sibling rivalry still play out albeit in bags instead of bedrooms.