Yahoo's fashion writer reports the designer pair rings in at $620 — roughly 23 times the price of Walmart's denim doppelgängers — and argues they look convincing enough to make even the most devoted fashion snob do a double-take.

The jeans, sold under Walmart's Scoop label as The Stanton Stovepipe Jeans, are listed at $26, down from $30.

For an art-and-design readership, the story is a case study in how luxury silhouettes are translated, at speed and at scale, into mass-market product during the retail season's biggest moment.

Yahoo's fashion writer frames the jeans as part of a wider pattern of designer look-alikes surfacing in Walmart's Black Friday event.

Among the examples cited by Yahoo: a Prettygarden cotton knit cardigan at $42 that the writer calls a substitute for a style Meghan Markle has been spotted wearing, noting the designer version would set buyers back over $250; a Prettygarden two-piece lounge set at $34 that Yahoo says looks just like a Spanx set favored by Oprah, versus a $200-plus splurge; and Joyspun faux suede platform clog slippers at $15 that Yahoo describes as a near twin to much pricier Uggs.

The timing is unusual by both outlets' accounts.

New York Magazine reports Walmart is running a Black Friday double whammy this year — an early sale that began November 12 and runs through November 15, followed by the main event November 27 through December 1 — which its writer says lets shoppers finish holiday buying early.

Yahoo adds that deals start at just $5 and warns discounts this good could disappear quickly.

New York Magazine says its writer will keep updating the list as the sale continues and items come in and out of stock, meaning the dupe inventory itself is in flux through November 15.

Yahoo separately notes that shoppers who join Walmart+ — available via a free 30-day trial — get free shipping, grocery delivery, savings on gas and prescriptions, and exclusive access to major deals, while non-members still get free shipping on orders of $35 or more.