If you’re chronically online, or have had the personal misfortune of actually ordering one of Skims’ 2026 advent calendars, you’ll have already seen evidence for why people are rallying to rename Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and loungewear brand 'Skams'.
For those who aren’t up-to-date, Skims recently released its annual advent calendar, priced at $148 with a 12-day holiday countdown of exciting, surprise products to unbox. Costumers were disappointed to find that, among the products they unwrapped were multiple hair accessories, keychains, and a Skims-branded stress toy, but no clothing or shapewear were included.
The advent calendar was admittedly marketed as an “accessories” advent calendar, hence the lack of actual clothing products included, but customers have been arguing the price of $148 doesn’t warrant what’s inside. Apparently, Skims agree, because the brand has announced it’ll be issuing full refunds, or store credit, to anyone who purchased and isn’t happy with the advent calendar.
What’s interesting is that this isn’t Skims’ first advent calendar, and the one it dropped in 2025 received an exponentially better reaction. It was $450 and had 25-days of goodies instead of 12, though, which is how the brand managed to justify such a downgrade. According to Skims, you get what you pay for, although $148 is still a lot of money for a pile of products you could pull out from the back of your sofa.
