Tired of having to constantly remind people your UM tuition is about the same price as 33 Super Bowl tickets? Say hello to XYZ MRKT’S UM tuition tee.
The tee is part of its tuition collection that showcases the tuition of six notable universities. The fashion brand’s UM t-shirt reads, “This shirt cost my family $380,000” in an orange and green font.
UM’s tee is the most “expensive,” costing more than the University of Southern California and Harvard University tees. Johnluke Nahorski, the collection’s designer, not only wanted to unite college students using their crippling financial anxiety, but start a bigger conversation.
“I came up with the idea when I scrolled across a vintage photo of a Harvard tee that the school gave to graduates in 1986,” Nahorski said. The original Harvard tee read, “This shirt cost my family $63,721.”
“One year at most schools today costs more than that,” Nahorski added.
Back then, that tuition number was significant for being one of the cheaper Ivy League tuitions. Now, the number has more than tripled. Nahorski’s updated Harvard tee says, “This shirt cost my family $350,000” in crimson red.
With the caption “Tuition is due,” Nahorski posts the hoodies, hats and t-shirts that are part of the collection on XYZ MRKT’s Instagram. The clothes are manufactured and printed in Los Angeles using 100% cotton, so you can take care of your skin health while keeping your mental health borderline.
Check out Nahorski’s tuition collection on the XYZ MRKT’s Instagram, @xyzmrkt, before they sell out as fast as red lot parking passes.
Signing up for the waitlist before the UM tee officially drops on Sep. 15 gives you access to a “student discount.” This might be the only time you see the word “discount” and “UM” in the same sentence.