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Orientation LookBook Inspo- Fall 2025 Edition image

  Welcome to our Orientation Round Lookbook Inspo for Fall 2025 Happy Summer Girls!! It’s officially orientation season and we’re here to help you show up feeling confident, cute, and totally prepared for the day ahead. From comfy athleisure sets to the perfect pair of sneakers, we’ve curated a guide that’ll have you looking effortless and put-together while navigating campus tours, icebreakers, and everything in between. PS – No partnerships or sponsored links here! These are just styles we genuinely love and had to share with you. A quick reminder of what Orientation is prior to jumping in: It’s your first real taste of college life! You’ll be meeting other freshmen, getting to know your campus, and starting to form ...

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Sisterhood Round LookBook Inspo- Fall 2025 Rush Edition image

Welcome to our FIRST Sisterhood Round Lookbook Inspo for Fall 2025 Get ready girls, because it’s time for Sisterhood Round!!✨ We’ve got your back with some of the cutest dress ideas that’ll have you feeling stylish, confident, and totally ready for the day. There’s nothing like a chic dress and some fab heels to help you make a lasting impression while getting to know each chapter on a more personal level. PS – No partnerships or sponsored links here! These are just styles we genuinely love and had to share with you. A quick reminder of what Sisterhood round is prior to jumping in: Sisterhood is usually the third day of recruitment, and it’s when you’ll really start forming deeper connections with ...

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Philanthropy Round LookBook Inspo- Fall 2025 Rush Edition image

Welcome to our very FIRST Philanthropy Round Lookbook inspo for Fall 2025! Nervous about finding the perfect outfit for rush? Don’t worry we are here to help with the best recommendations to help you feel amazing and confident when you walk into each house. There’s nothing like having a comfy-cute OOTD for Philanthropy round that makes you feel totally yourself. *PS – None of these are sponsored/partner links, we’re just sharing because we truly love and recommend them!* A quick reminder of what Philanthropy round is prior to jumping in: Philanthropy round is the second day of recruitment, and it’s when you’ll learn all about each chapter’s charities and causes. Girls will be given a Panhellenic shirt that you typically ...

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GALENTINE’S EDIT: Preference Round, but make it PINK! image

Welcome to PART 3 of our Sorority Recruitment Prep, Preference Round Outfit Inspo series!! Today’s theme is Galentine’s because we LOVE a good excuse to celebrate in pink. We channeled our inner Barbies to find the cutest options. Grab one for Galentine’s, sorority recruitment this fall, or just because! *PS – None of these are sponsored/partner links, we’re just sharing because we truly love and recommend them!* A quick reminder of what preference round is prior to jumping in: Preference Round is the last round of formal recruitment, and it’s the very dressiest! Girls typically wear cocktail dresses and heels. Some schools have IYKYK traditions where you wear specific colors this round (like UT, UGA, and Auburn). For others, you ...

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TCU 2025 Sorority Recruitment Q&A – all your sorority recruitment questions, answered by Hiking in Heels Sorority Rush Consultant & TCU Expert! image

Calling all potential, future, and current TCU-bound girls!! Do you plan to participate in sorority recruitment, aka rush, this fall at Texas Christian University?! Congratulations to everyone who’s received that official acceptance letter in the mail! If you’re still waiting, our fingers are crossed for you. Fort Worth is such a fun place to spend college and I’m so excited for you to experience four years enjoying tons of fun sorority events at the Stockyards! You’re going to look so good in purple!! Allow me to introduce myself – I am the Hiking in Heels sorority recruitment coach, aka “rush coach” who works with ALL our TCU PNMs (potential new members), to help them get ready each fall. This year we’re ...

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Sorority Recruitment Coach Q&A: Alabama 2025 Sorority Recruitment – all your rush questions, answered! image

Calling all potential, future, and current Bama-bound girls!! Do you plan to participate in sorority recruitment, aka rush, this fall at Alabama?! Congratulations to everyone who’s received that official acceptance letter in the mail! If you’re still waiting, our fingers are crossed for you. Tuscaloosa is such a fun place to spend college and I’m so excited for you to experience four years of Bama game days and sorority events! Allow me to introduce myself – I am the Hiking in Heels sorority recruitment coach, aka “rush coach” who works with ALL our Alabama PNMs (potential new members), to help them get ready each fall. This year we’re accepting as many as 90-100 into our coaching program, and I’m so excited ...

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Sorority Recruitment Coach Q&A: University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Sorority Recruitment (Rush) – all your questions, answered! image

Calling all potential, future, and current Rebels!! Do you plan to participate in sorority recruitment, aka rush, this fall at Ole Miss?! If you’ve already received your acceptance letter, congratulations! If you’re still waiting, our fingers are crossed for you too. Allow me to introduce myself – I am the Hiking in Heels sorority recruitment coach, aka “rush coach” who works with ALL our Ole Miss girls, or should I say PNMs (potential new members), to help them get ready each fall. Oxford is such a fun place to spend college and I’m so excited for you to experience four years of Ole Miss game days and sorority events! I love that Hiking in Heels has been able to help ...

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Preference Round Outfit Inspo – Black & White Edit!! image

Welcome to PART 2 of our Sorority Recruitment Prep, Preference Round Outfit Inspo series!! *All dresses are under $200!* Shopping for spring recruitment this January? Getting a super early start for fall? (No judgment here; we’re nothing but impressed!) Today we’re sharing some of our very favorite dresses – all of which we fully approve for the upcoming spring sorority recruitments.  There’s something so refined and elegant about an LBD or crisp winter white. This one’s for our girls who LOVE a classic black-and-white look. *PS – None of these are sponsored/partner links, we’re just sharing because we truly love and recommend them!* A quick reminder of what preference round is prior to jumping in: Preference Round is the last round ...

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Preference Round Outfit Inspo – Spring Rush Edition!! image

Y’all – we can’t believe 2025 is days away!! We are WEEKS out from spring recruitment!! Fun fact: Formal sorority recruitment happens ONCE a year. Depending on your school, it takes place in either fall OR spring semester. Fall formal recruitment typically takes place in August the week before school begins. Some schools with competitive fall recruitments are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, UGA, TCU, TAMU, UT Austin, and SMU. Overall, fall sorority recruitment (as a group) is bigger and a lot more common. Spring formal recruitment usually happens in early January, requiring PNMs to have completed a semester as a full-time student first. Schools known for having spring, aka deferred sorority recruitment, include Tulane, Vanderbilt, USC, Indiana University, Baylor, ...

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Hiking in Heels High School Senior Gift Guide!!! image

It’s December 1st, and if you’re like us, that means it’s officially “obsessing over finding the perfect gift” season.  We love a good gift list, and if you’re here, hopefully, you do too. Whether you’re looking for elevated stocking stuffers or bigger gifts, start here and gift them what they really want!! Hiking in Heels Founder, Stacia, shares her top picks below. Stanley Quencher H2.0 Flowstate Tumbler | 30 OZ This was super popular last year, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Our favorite colors are Frost (white), Rose Quartz (baby pink), Glacier (baby blue), and Peony (pink) I have a light pink one that I bring to my barre class every morning, and I constantly get compliments!! What we love about ...

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