On a recent weekday morning in La Mirada, a suburb outside Los Angeles, Steve Olive, 58, walked among hundreds of carpet rolls in red, green and lavender in a white, sun-drenched, 36,000-square ...

Martin in a metallic, embellished gown at this year's Oscars. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) Sculptural, three-dimensional dresses are guaranteed to bring drama to the red carpet. This metallic ...