Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone is to lead a charity auction offering exclusive one-off Fendi and Chanel handbags.

The actress will host the auction at Cannes Film Festival and items under the hammer include Fendi baguette bags decorated with the work of some of the world's top artists and a aligator Chanel bag designed by Karl Lagerfeld and covered in 334 diamonds.

Silvia Venturini Fendi created 20 plain white baguette bags before inviting artists including Jeff Koons, Kendell Geers, Francesco Vezzoli, Subodh Gupta, Sylvie Fleury and Tom Sachs to stamp their mark on them, reports wwd.

The designs will all be soldon 22nd May to raise money for AIDs charity amfAR.