Eye-watering cost of sorority hopeful’s rush outfit sparks fierce backlash: ‘Four months of my rent’

It’s that time of the year again – rush week at the University of Alabama.

Back in 2021, a series of women who were trying to join the University of Alabama’s Panhellenic community documented their road to being accepted into one of the 18 different sororities at the school, and uploaded it all to TikTok.

Their videos quickly exploded, and many people on the web became enthralled with watching the lengthy process play out. 

Since then, every time August rolls around, #BamaRush goes viral once again, as a whole new set of freshmen hopefuls at University of Alabama and other Southern schools put their best foot forward to vie for the chance to get accepted into sororities on campus.

And many of them figure that the best way to do this is to make sure that foot is covered in a designer shoe. 

Tons of the women rushing this year have been showcasing their daily outfits throughout the process on TikTok and Instagram – and some of them have donned ensembles worth thousands of dollars.

And while their stacks of expensive jewelry and name brand skirts used to elicit awe from their audiences, now it seems as though they only stir disbelief and anger.

One Instagram creator recently broke down some of the sky-high prices of these girls’ rush looks, and it sparked immense backlash for the students.

Destinee Wilson, who calls herself ‘your favorite price breakdown analyst,’ has been reposting videos of girls rushing sororities in the South and detailing the prices of each article of clothing they wear.

Tons of the women rushing this year have been showcasing their daily outfits throughout the process on TikTok and Instagram – and the ensembles worth thousands of dollars.

The outfit featured Shila Fijal earrings, a Tiffany necklace, a Tory Burch watch, a Hermes bangle, and a Farm Rio skirt, amongst other things. 

After finding all of the individual products and their prices, Destinee revealed that the outfit costs a whopping $4,776. 

And viewers were shocked to say the least. 

‘She spent four months of my rent on that outfit,’ one Instagram user pointed out. 

‘How much money does she HAVE?!’ another commented, incredulous.

 Some users even had choice words for the parents of the student.

‘Unless these girls are making their money on social media… their parents are failing them by buying them all this shit that’s so damn expensive,’ one outraged person said. 

‘They will never understand the true value of a dollar.’ 

Others even made fun of the outfit, claiming it looked cheap despite its high cost. 

‘Meanwhile the whole outfit looks like it came from Old Navy,’ another user added. 

Destinee herself did not mock the outfit or its price.

In fact, in one of her other videos, she captions her price breakdown: ‘The GSU girls were absolutely rocking rush week.’