I just posted this as a comment but actually felt compelled to make an actual post. The Clare V bag porcelain bag strap is very popular and is currently sold out on the website. Target just came out with a knock off.

While the Target strap may be budget friendly, I wouldn’t suggest it to others to buy and I’m not even coming from a “boycott Target” perspective.

The first chain in the picture is Claire V. It’s porcelain and brass hence the price point. The second chain in the picture is Target and it is polyester and acrylic - plastic.

There is a very big difference in craftsmanship with both. Target not only created a knockoff but knocked off Claire V, a woman owned company based in Los Angeles where they still work with family owned companies years after they got started and support charities such as “mothers count” an organization supporting women during childbirth. (I do not work for Claire V or have anything to do with the company)

There have been many discussions in this sub about supporting/not supporting Target but I think the conversation is bigger than Target. Who do we want to support and why? Are we ok with not supporting artists and creators because it can be found cheaper? Does this item go to the landfill once the season is over because it is plastic?

I think at this point and time we should all ask more questions when considering a purchase, especially one that someone, somewhere spent time creating (Claire V) and someone, somewhere spent time producing in what we can assume was not great conditions (Target).