This shopping mission for North seemingly went south.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West once attempted to purchase a particularly coveted Hermès Kelly bag for their eldest daughter but were rebuffed, according to author and journalist Amy Odell’s latest “Back Row” newsletter.
Odell recently spoke with a former employee of the Beverly Hills Hermès boutique for her “Retail Confessions” series, with the source revealing that “not every celebrity got what they wanted” when they shopped at the store.
“Kanye West and Kim Kardashian wanted a Black Mini Kelly bag for North or something like that. And Hermès said no,” the insider claimed.
“I have no idea why, but we were like, ‘Oh, wow.’ I think at that point it goes through corporate, because if someone who’s that high profile wants something, then obviously they’re going to be photographed in it — and they don’t want just anyone photographed in it,” they continued.
“So you’d call the press office and be like, ‘Hey, so and so wants a handbag.’ And they’d usually say, ‘Cool.’ But for some reason they didn’t want North West to have an alligator Mini Kelly.”
One of the rarer Hermès bags on the market, an alligator Mini Kelly can easily fetch over $75,000 at resale.
We’re guessing the now-12-year-old didn’t lose much sleep over the alleged snub, considering she’s got a wide array of other Hermès styles at her disposal.
Mom Kim owns an extensive collection of the French fashion house’s pricey purses, including multiple Mini Kellys, a Jean Paul Gaultier-designed Shoulder Birkin and a Himalaya Birkin — the latter of which can fetch up to half a million dollars on the resale market.
Meanwhile, North was spotted toting a white Birkin in 2019, when she was just 6 years old. And in 2014, the youngster famously finger-painted an Hermès Herbag as a gift for her famous mother.
Hermès’ press team did not immediately respond to Page Six Style’s request for comment on the claim.
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