Kim Kardashian is known for her bizarre fashion experiments, like her infamous “merkin” underwear. However, her newest handbag was a step too far for many and drew ire from furious social media users, including model Ireland Baldwin.

Luxury resale site Randolph Goods posted an Instagram video on November 20 that showed Kardashian, 45, posing with a gray Birkin bag. The caption provided a backstory, stating that Hermès “briefly experimented with elephant leather decades ago,” supposedly after a “wealthy VIP went on safari” and had Hermès craft bags from the resulting hide. “Given the material and origin story,” the caption reads, “it remains an extremely controversial chapter in Hermès history.”

People were shocked in the post’s comments section. “This is deeply disgusting and disturbing,

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