Angelina Jolie Wears Lana Marks Cleopatra Clutch

angelina-jolie-cleopatra-clutch LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in "The Changeling," Angelina Jolie wore a haute couture LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch on the 2009 Academy Awards Red Carpet.

Ms. Jolie's LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch - designed by Lana J. Marks - features black silk that has been hand-stitched onto a gold frame. The handbag was custom handcrafted for Ms. Jolie in Italy, and it's the first time the LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch has been produced in black silk.

Starting in 2004, Lana J. Marks has only designed one bespoke LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch per year for one actress to carry down the Academy Awards Red Carpet. Each Cleopatra Clutch designed for the Red Carpet is an original, with exacting production taking place in several countries.

Julie Christie wore the LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch in 2008; in 2007, Academy Award Winner Helen Mirren wore a LANA MARKS "Queen" Cleopatra Clutch on the Red Carpet and to the podium to accept her award; in 2006, Jennifer Aniston; in 2005, Best Actress Nominee Kate Winslet carried a LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch; and in 2004, Best Actress Winner Charlize Theron wore a LANA MARKS Cleopatra Clutch. Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Oprah Winfrey, Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, are just a few of her well-known customers.

Source: LANA MARKS