Doppelgänger Alert! Zara’s Clean, Cool Take On Designer Style

For the hardcore fashion follower, walking into Zara can be sort of dizzying. Everywhere we look, we see references to our favorite collections of seasons past.

Those wide nautical stripes? A dead ringer for Jil Sander spring '11. Those sporty, apricot, silk sweats? Giving us major Stella McCartney vibes. That tiger-embroidered sweatshirt? Totally reminds us of Kenzo (or a William Blake poem, whichever).

Of course, the fun of Zara's take on designer style is that these pieces come in at a literal fraction of the runway versions — so you can get your designer jones on, and still have enough left over to, you know, keep the lights on.

Click on for our 12 favorite, irresistibly fancy-looking Zara pieces. See, this is we just can't quit you, fast fashion.