‘Tone deaf’ influencer ripped over mistakenly buying $13K shoes: ‘So many people starving’

A Sydney female has caused a disagreement by sharing really she accidentally spent $13,000 connected shoes during a cost-of-living crisis.

Elle Salagaras, 29, lives successful Sydney and runs nan celebrated TikTok relationship Eastern Suburbs Mum, which has racked up complete 2 cardinal likes.

While galore influencers, peculiarly mums, build their assemblage connected being relatable, Ms Salagaras alternatively shares her able life pinch followers.

Instead of going pinch nan warts and each societal media overshare approach, nan 29-year-old is likelier to stock contented astir her Birkin bag.

Naturally, she took to societal media to stock nan infinitesimal she spent acold much than she bargained for astatine nan luxury shop Hermes.

Salagaras explained that she decided to acquisition a brace of nan brand’s iconic Chypre Sandals.

The starting value for this creation is conscionable complete $1700, but nan costs goes up depending connected nan worldly used.

The young mum picked up a peculiarly costly pair, worthy $13,155, made from crocodile and sheep skin.

The slides look casual and cosy, not dissimilar Birkenstocks, but nan brace Salagaras purchased costs much than what immoderate group walk connected their cars.

Salagaras past made a TikTok showing disconnected her caller shoes and calling them “gorg,” but she admitted that she didn’t expect to walk that much.

After waving nan shoes astir successful beforehand of nan camera, she explained that she’d ne'er intended to outlay truthful much.

“I decidedly sewage very confused astir nan price, which is my fault. I had heard 1 number … truthful embarrassing,” she said.

Salagaras said she already had them connected her feet erstwhile she went to nan checkout because she planned to deterioration them retired of nan store. When she heard nan price, she was thrown, but she conscionable said, “It’s fine,” and bought them anyway.

“We are committing to nan shoe. I should person known Hermes,” she said.

Salagaras didn’t mention really overmuch they cost, but group looked them up and quickly expressed their shock.

“The price. I’m dead,” 1 wrote.

“The price! Oh my god,” different said.

It wasn’t conscionable group freaking retired complete nan price, group were besides sharing really overmuch they loved nan shoes.

One praised them arsenic “so pretty,” and different called them “stunning,” but others conscionable couldn’t get complete really overmuch she spent connected nan sandals.

Someone called it “ridiculous” to walk that much, different called her sharing her costly shoes “embarrassing,” and others conscionable claimed nan shoes were “ugly” and surely not worthy nan value tag.

“What utter nonsense,” 1 complained.

“No footwear is worthy that magnitude of money,” personification other argued.

“So galore group starving successful Australia and she goes and buys these (because) she makes heaps of money from her 52,000 followers. Disgusting,” different complained.

Someone other said it was “tone-deaf” for her to station astir spending that overmuch connected shoes, and different claimed she was “showing off,” which they recovered offensive.

Meanwhile, Salagaras wasn’t letting nan antagonistic feedback get her down. She posted a TikTok of herself dancing pinch her $13,000 sandals to nan tune of Britney Spears.