{"id":551260,"date":"2026-03-19T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551260\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:20:12","slug":"clara-bag-review-199-strand-dupe-for-5k-row-margaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551260\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara bag review: $199 Strand dupe for $5k Row Margaux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like most women who worshipped The Olsen twins\u2019 effortless early-00s style, I\u2019ve spent years lusting after bags from their fashion brand The Row. But I\u2019ve never been able to justify dropping $5,000 on their iconic Margaux bag, despite seeing it on the arms of my style icons \u2013 Kendall Jenner and Rosie Huntington-Whitely.<\/p>\n

This could easily pass for a designer bag. The leather is butter-soft<\/a> and the finishing is something you\u2019d expect from expensive stores that have a full time security guard at the door. While it is at a higher price point for an everyday bag, the Clara Leather Grab Bag<\/a> is built to last so think of it more as an investment piece that\u2019ll work overtime in your wardrobe.<\/p>\n

We all know brown was the official colour of 2025 and evidently, it\u2019s not going anywhere anytime soon. I chose the smooth chocolate and it\u2019s proved ridiculously versatile \u2013 office meetings by day, fancy dinners by night. Clara<\/a> hasn\u2019t let me down once.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re after a reliable, versatile, leather handbag that looks way more expensive that it is, the Clara Leather Grab Bag <\/a>is for you.<\/p>\n

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\"Claudia<\/a>Claudia Coy<\/a>Social Media Producer<\/p>\n

Claudia began her media career in radio, contributing to some of the most acclaimed programs at Nova Entertainment, including Fitzy & Wippa, Smallzy’s Surgery and Ash, Luttsy & Susie O’Neill. Having found herself glued to digital news, the jump over to news.com.au was an easy choice. Driven by a love for storytelling, video production & shopping, Claudia now produces the social media content for news.com.au’s checkout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like most women who worshipped The Olsen twins\u2019 effortless early-00s style, I\u2019ve spent years lusting after bags from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[272637,64,63,272636,272634,272647,272639,272646,112897,272643,272632,134,2105,76649,272640,272641,272645,272638,272644,265158,272631,272635,272633,272642],"class_list":["post-551260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-affordable-alternative","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-average-rating","tag-bag-review","tag-butter-soft-leather","tag-chocolate-suede","tag-claudia-coy","tag-cult-favourite","tag-designer-bag","tag-designer-dupe","tag-entertainment","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-hefty-price-tag","tag-magnetic-snap-closure","tag-office-meetings","tag-official-colour","tag-price-point","tag-private-label-brand","tag-product-roundups","tag-rich-chocolate-tone","tag-style-icons","tag-time-security","tag-zip-pocket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}