Photos: Red carpet fashion: Clutch bags

Caitriona Balfe carries a blood orange leather geometric clutch with gold metallic sides by Rodo.  (Paul Buck / EPA)

Natasha Lyonne carries a Proenza Schouler metallic clutch.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Joanne Froggatt carries a black plexiglass Salvatore Ferragamo clutch.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Sufe Bradshaw carries a Benedetta Bruzziches “Theatre” clutch with chain detail.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Kelly Osbourne carries a Benedetta Bruzziches “Carmen” clutch.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Viola Davis carries a Sidney Molepo box clutch.  (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Kerry Washington carries a sparkly Judith Leiber clutch.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Naomi Watts and her Bvlgari “Serpenti” clutch in shiny silver lizard.  (From left, Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times; Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Louise Roe with an Edie Parker acrylic glitter “Minnie” clutch.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jennifer Lopez chats with film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg while holding up a Jimmy Choo “Mini Tube” clutch.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Diane Kruger carried a mother of pearl “Nam Hai” clutch from Emm Kuo, along with a “Je Suis Charlie” sign.  (From left, Frazer Harrison / Getty Images; Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Dressed in silver, Dakota Johnson also carried a silver mirrored square clutch.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Salma Hayek with an Alexander McQueen clutch.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Amal Clooney with Dior clutch, which bore a “Je Suis Charlie” button.  (From left, John Shearer / Invision / AP; Mark Ralston/ AFP / Getty Images)