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The Row Bags: A Comprehensive Breakdown to the Lineup

Practically every designer handbag names its label at a glance, before the proportions register at all. Refusing that is what The Row has always done, and that one choice underwrites how its bags are designed, priced and resold. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen started the brand in 2006 and took its name from Savile Row in London, the street that taught tailoring the language of restraint. The label is based in New York City, with a design studio in Tribeca since 2012, a Paris office opened in 2011 and a London office added in 2019. Beyond the brand’s own webstore and a carefully limited list of stockists, distribution happens in its own boutiques in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris and Amagansett. Read this as a row bags overview, covering the families that count, the specifications that separate them and what each one is priced at. Each figure below is a market price observed in 2026, not an official price list, because the brand publishes no such list.

Identifying a The Row Bag Without a Logo

Recognition runs on silhouette, proportion and construction, since there is no exterior logo plaque and no monogram anywhere in the line. Low on the side of the bag sits a small, discreet exterior stamp made to blend into the leather rather than stand out against it, with a second stamp placed within the interior. Hardware is palladium-plated and finished matte or brushed, so it takes in light rather than flashing it back at you. Where most houses would print a logo jacquard, the line uses nappa, lambskin, calfskin or cotton herringbone, since linings are treated as materials in their own right. The same instinct that governs the label’s tailoring, where a garment is judged by its line rather than its label, is applied without dilution to the bags. Made in Italy is given on the brand’s own product pages for the Half Moon, Soft Margaux 10 and 12, Margaux Shoulder 12, Bourse Clutch and Terrasse To-Go.

• No exterior plaque, monogram or branded hardware of any kind
• Fittings are palladium-plated and matte or brushed, never high-polish gold tone
• Lining materials run to nappa, lambskin, calfskin or cotton herringbone
• A ysl small stamp low on the exterior side, plus a crisp one on the interior

The Margaux Family, and Why It Is Hard to Buy

Ask anyone to picture a The Row bag and the Margaux is what appears, yet it is at present the least straightforward corner of the collection to shop. Observed at $3,650, the Soft Margaux 10 is 100 percent calfskin with a matte grained finish and a cotton herringbone lining, measuring 10 x 7 x 7.5 inches with a 5-inch handle drop. Specification runs to an interior toggle closure, belted side gussets, protective metal feet and a removable shoulder strap. At $4,350, the Soft Margaux 12 holds that construction, grows to 12 x 9 x 7.5 inches and includes a zip pocket. At $4,900, the Margaux Shoulder 12 is a different animal, with a lambskin lining, elongated tubular handles, the signature adjustable buckles and narrowed gusseted side panels at 14.75 x 9 x 5 inches. A Margaux 17 exists in leather and canvas at Selfridges, and a Soft Margaux 15 shows up as well, though no reliable retail price attaches to either. The verified part is that the original was pulled from third-party retailers during 2025 and that the brand’s own site now shows the Soft and Shoulder versions instead; discontinuation itself has been widely reported but never officially confirmed by the brand.

Totes, Top Handles and Shoulder Bags Side by Side

As a first buy, the Park family dominates, and it is the volume engine of the line. The N/S Park Tote runs Small at $1,550 to $1,620, Medium at $1,650 to $1,950 and Large at $1,990 to $3,250, and the spread inside each size tracks material and finish rather than capacity. Across the rest of the family, the Park Tote is $1,450 to $1,620 in Small and Medium, the Park Tote Three $1,750 to $2,400 and the XL Park Tote $2,490. Prices for a The Row tote bag rise steeply at the top: Marlo 14 $5,300, the Alger Tote $4,900, the Marco Bag $6,900. In the top handles it is suede that bites hardest: $3,850 for India 10.00 in leather against $5,370 in suede, and Agnes 15 at $5,000, $5,800 and $4,300 in leather, suede and a canvas blend. Around them, Ida is $3,990, Elise and Agnes 12 both $4,400, the Iowa Duffle $5,180, and Idaho holds down the value end at $1,420. The range across shoulder styles is equally broad: Lori $1,350, the 90’s Shoulder $1,450, Alix $1,900, Parker $2,900 and Jean Shoulder $3,900.

The Entry Tier: Small Bags and Clutches

The least expensive row handbags do not read as stripped-down versions of the expensive ones; instead, they are smaller problems solved with the same care. The 90’s Bag sits at $1,090 and has grown into the collection’s understated cult piece, whereas the Half Moon is observed at $1,390, with a leather variant listed at $1,690 at one stockist. There is disagreement between sources over Half Moon dimensions, so the official 8 x 13.5 x 2.5 inches should be your reference and slight disagreement elsewhere is normal. At $1,590, the Bourse Clutch makes the case for how much construction goes into the cheaper end: a calfskin exterior, nappa lining, hinged frame closure, hidden adjustable shoulder strap, 10.2 x 6.5 x 2.3 inches and Made in Italy on the label. Under that come the Double Travel Wallet at $590, the Cecily Mini Tote and Ray Pouch at $950 and the Squared Compact Clutch at $1,390. Above it sit the Terrasse To-Go at $1,950, the Dalia Baguette at $2,700 and the Peggy Clutch at $2,900.

The Three Price Bands at a Glance

You can shop the collection by three bands, and those bands hold across every category. The entry band runs roughly $590 to $1,500 and is where most buyers meet the brand. Around $1,550 to $3,500 is the middle band, which covers the Park totes, most shoulder bags and the better clutches. Roughly $3,600 to $6,900 marks the top band, home to the Margaux family, the India and Agnes top handles and the Marlo totes. One rule cuts across all three, because suede consistently carries a premium over calfskin on the same silhouette. A second rule is simpler still: the number in a bag’s name is its width in inches.

Archive Models You Will Only Find on Resale

Bags no longer sold new hold a large part of the label’s reputation, so knowing them changes how you read the secondary market. Head the list with the Bindle, a suede shape with raw-cut trims, a knotted detail and an open top reported to have retailed around $1,190, then the Bindle Three, whose padded handle and removable inner pouch are observed near $1,700. The Sofia is a structured calfskin flap bag with a metal lock closure and a two-compartment interior, observed on resale between roughly $2,200 and $5,668. Compact and structured, the Devon is a top handle in polished saddle leather with a top zip, a hidden shoulder strap and decorative stitching. The Camden puts together grained or saddle leather with twin handles, a detachable strap, a magnetic closure and both patch and zip pockets, at approximately 9 x 12.5 x 5.25 inches. The Ascot hobo, the Wander knot crossbody and the nylon Sling 15 also circulate, but none has a reliably documented retail figure.

Resale, Authentication and Care

The resale picture is remarkably strong, and it should be read as observed market behaviour rather than investment advice. In the Rebag CLAIR 2025 report, The Row registered 97 percent brand-level value retention, entering the report’s unicorn tier of 85 percent and above for the first time and trailing only Telfar, Hermes and Goyard. Model by model the figures go further, with the N/S Park Tote strongest at 146 percent, the Margaux Tote at 107 percent and the Half Moon shoulder at 106 percent. Not everything appreciates, though: canvas, nylon, sisal and seasonal-colour pieces routinely discount, with the strength concentrated in black and neutral calfskin in the signature shapes. If you are hunting The Row for sale second hand needs to know that the brand operates no public authenticity coding, so judgement rests on stitching density, hand-painted edges, matte hardware and whether the bag holds its shape empty. Care is dictated by the material rather than any brand-issued protocol: a soft dry cloth on calfskin, dry cloth only on nappa and lambskin, a brush and nothing wet on suede, and spot-cleaning alone for raffia and canvas.