These $60 Zara Shoes Made Me Forget About the $400 Designer Pair I Wanted

I've been getting that new-season, need-new-shoes itch lately (you know what I'm talking about), and I was feeling like nothing could end it. Nothing besides a pair of $400 mules, that is. I basically want all the By Far shoes right now (and always), but especially this pair, and I fully convinced myself that I'd wear them multiple times per week. However, I have a bit of trouble settling on shoes this early in a season, as I know that there are so many other fashion items that I'll want between now and fall. Luckily for my bank account, I've moved on to another pair of shoes, at least for the time being, and they're $340 less, which is enough for several more pairs of shoes.
The shoes in question that stole my attention away are a pair of Zara chocolate-brown, croc-embossed mules that will go with everything. (I'm clearly into brown this season.) Per usual with croc-embossed pieces, they look far more expensive than their $60 price tag, and I bought them immediately upon spotting them. Since they arrived, I've taken a break from stalking the $400 pair, as I've been busy pondering all the spring outfits I plan on wearing my Zara ones with.
Keep scrolling to shop my new Zara shoes (and the designer pair I still have high hopes for), along with more of Zara's new, expensive-looking mules. And shop another style that's majorly trending on Instagram.
Here they are, IRL.
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Allyson is a senior editor forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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