Mindy Kaling Debuts Priceless Hermès Kelly Bag Customized with Her 3 Kids’ Names and Blinged-Out Charms

Mar. 15, 2025

Mindy Kaling debuts custom Hermès Kelly bag with her kids' three names.Photo:Mindy Kaling/Instagram (2)

Mindy Kaling Hermes bag personalized with her children’s names

Mindy Kaling/Instagram (2)

Mindy Kalingis a cool mom.The actress, 45, spent a chic 36 hours in Paris forFashion Weekand she carried a special accessory to remind her of home while she was traversing the City of Light.In an Instagram post shared on Jan. 27, theOfficealum showed off a black alligator-skin mini Hermès Kelly bag customized to feature allthree of her kids’ namesspelled out in bedazzled letters and accented with hanging charms.A similar bagcan be found for resale online for upwards of $88K — minus the customization.Yet another bagfrom an earlier Hermès collection will run you a slightly cheaper price tag (just $59,500) and get you a very similar vibe as well.Mindy Kaling shows off her Hermès Kelly purse featuring her three kids' names.Mindy Kaling/InstagramKaling is mom to son Spencer, 4, and daughters Katherine “Kit,” 7, and Anne, whom she quietly welcomed in February 2024 and whosebirth she announced in Junethat year.TheNever Have I Evercreator, who has never revealed the identity of the father of her children, mostly keeps her kids out of the spotlight and doesn’t share photos of their faces when updating fans on her family life on social media.Mindy Kaling posing in a hot pink look in Paris.Mindy Kaling/InstagramDuring her time in Paris, Kaling sat front row at Patou’s Menswear Fall 2025 show with Catherine Reitman, Juliana Canfield, Justine Lupe and Pauline Chalamet. She wore a brown plaid skirt set and bold red strappy heels.She also spent her free time playing tourist, having a nighttime photo shoot in front of the Eiffel Tower, shopping at the Schiaparelli store and browsing Hermès bags.Her stylish photos got a compliment from her friendReese Witherspoon, who commented, “International Super Star.”Mindy Kaling sitting front row at the Patou Men’s Fall 2025 fashion show.Arnold Jerocki/GettyThe PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!There’s nothing like a personalized Kelly to cement one’s status as a trendsetter (the bags, which are named after Grace Kelly, can resell up to tens — if not hundreds — of thousands of dollars depending on the design and rareness), and Kaling’s bold sense of style is very present in her household.When making a surprise appearance at Sephoria this past September, Kaling caught PEOPLE up on herdaughter Katherine’s love for fashion. It turns out the budding fashionista has a “lot of strong opinions” about clothes already.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She has a really specific vision of what she thinks is pretty and what she doesn’t,” Kaling said. “[A dress is] not glamorous to her unless it touches the ground. I think it’s because you’re not allowed to wear evening-length gowns to first grade. So it’s like the forbidden. So when I go out, if I’m just wearing a minidress, she’s like, ‘It doesn’t touch the ground. It’s not beautiful.’ So she has a lot of strong opinions.”

Mindy Kalingis a cool mom.

The actress, 45, spent a chic 36 hours in Paris forFashion Weekand she carried a special accessory to remind her of home while she was traversing the City of Light.

In an Instagram post shared on Jan. 27, theOfficealum showed off a black alligator-skin mini Hermès Kelly bag customized to feature allthree of her kids’ namesspelled out in bedazzled letters and accented with hanging charms.A similar bagcan be found for resale online for upwards of $88K — minus the customization.Yet another bagfrom an earlier Hermès collection will run you a slightly cheaper price tag (just $59,500) and get you a very similar vibe as well.

Mindy Kaling shows off her Hermès Kelly purse featuring her three kids' names.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kaling Hermes bag personalized with her children’s names Spencer Kit Annie

Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Kaling is mom to son Spencer, 4, and daughters Katherine “Kit,” 7, and Anne, whom she quietly welcomed in February 2024 and whosebirth she announced in Junethat year.

TheNever Have I Evercreator, who has never revealed the identity of the father of her children, mostly keeps her kids out of the spotlight and doesn’t share photos of their faces when updating fans on her family life on social media.

Mindy Kaling posing in a hot pink look in Paris.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kaling at Paris Fashion Week 2025

During her time in Paris, Kaling sat front row at Patou’s Menswear Fall 2025 show with Catherine Reitman, Juliana Canfield, Justine Lupe and Pauline Chalamet. She wore a brown plaid skirt set and bold red strappy heels.

She also spent her free time playing tourist, having a nighttime photo shoot in front of the Eiffel Tower, shopping at the Schiaparelli store and browsing Hermès bags.

Her stylish photos got a compliment from her friendReese Witherspoon, who commented, “International Super Star.”

Mindy Kaling sitting front row at the Patou Men’s Fall 2025 fashion show.Arnold Jerocki/Getty

Catherine Reitman, Juliana Canfield, Justine Lupe, Mindy Kaling and Pauline Chalamet attends the Patou Menswear Fall-Winter 2025/2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 26, 2025 in Paris, France.

Arnold Jerocki/Getty

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

There’s nothing like a personalized Kelly to cement one’s status as a trendsetter (the bags, which are named after Grace Kelly, can resell up to tens — if not hundreds — of thousands of dollars depending on the design and rareness), and Kaling’s bold sense of style is very present in her household.

When making a surprise appearance at Sephoria this past September, Kaling caught PEOPLE up on herdaughter Katherine’s love for fashion. It turns out the budding fashionista has a “lot of strong opinions” about clothes already.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“She has a really specific vision of what she thinks is pretty and what she doesn’t,” Kaling said. “[A dress is] not glamorous to her unless it touches the ground. I think it’s because you’re not allowed to wear evening-length gowns to first grade. So it’s like the forbidden. So when I go out, if I’m just wearing a minidress, she’s like, ‘It doesn’t touch the ground. It’s not beautiful.’ So she has a lot of strong opinions.”

source: people.com