Amy Adams: The Red Carpet Fashion Choices of the "American Hustle" Star Red Carpet Watch: Amy Adams's Fashion Left to right: Paul A. Hebert/Invision, via Associated Press; Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Paul Buck/European Pressphoto Agency NAME Amy Adams FILM "American Hustle" BACKGROUND A versatile actress, Ms. Adams, 39, is also quite the workhorse, with "Man of Steel," "Her" and "American Hustle" all opening last year. As a con artist in "Hustle," directed by David O. Russell, Ms. Adams took home a Golden Globe Award this month and is nominated for an Oscar in the best actress category. BEHIND THE SCENES After the Academy Awards last year, Ms. Adams began working with Petra Flannery, who is also a stylist for Claire Danes. "We've taken on a variety of styles and silhouettes - tried new hemlines and just focused on mixing things up," Ms. Flannery said. HER LOOKS Three films in a year means a lot of dresses. One consistent thread? "Classic Hollywood glamour," as Elle UK put it. Last June, for the "Man of Steel" premiere in Taormina, Sicily, Ms. Adams played the town femme fatale in a lace-hemmed Dolce & Gabbana cream dress. It was a sweeter look than her usual, though; she often relies on adventurous young designers like Prabal Gurung and Antonio Berardi. In October, she flaunted cleavage in a skinny lavender-sleeved design by Mr. Gurung at the New York Film Festival screening of "Her." About a week later, she shimmied into a pale sheath by Mr. Berardi with peaked shoulders. Ms. Adams in Elie Saab. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic "We are used to Amy looking polished and epitomizing perfection; this is just one of those days," the website Red Carpet Fashion Awards pronounced. In November, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art "Art & Film" gala, Ms. Adams wore a fetching bronze number by Gucci. To the Governors Awards, now an established prelude to Oscars season, she chose a relatively sedate Vivienne Westwood corseted gown in eggplant. To close out 2013, she wore a whirlwind of designers to bicoastal "American Hustle" and "Her" screenings, including David Koma (white and black banded dress with sheer skirt), Altuzarra (a clingy black column with lace accents), Elie Saab (lacy, romantic black halter gown) and Lanvin (an uncharacteristically roomy black frock with grosgrain trim). Though the new year started sluggishly with a well-tailored but dull black Roksanda Ilincic below-the-knee sheath at the AFI Awards luncheon and an ill-fitting printed trench dress by Mr. Berardi at a W magazine party, Ms. Adams was quick to recover. At the Golden Globes, she channeled her "70s "American Hustle" character in a plunging two-tone Valentino that Ms. Flannery decreed "simply elegant." Returning to a more ladylike silhouette, she arrived at the Critics" Choice Awards in a rosy Roland Mouret. And for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she chose an ultramarine Berardi gown with a tricky asymmetrical neckline (Ms. Flannery called it "modern and architectural") that might have intimidated some women. The red-carpet commentators Tom and Lorenzo were suitably impressed. "It's got color and shape and real personality to it," they wrote. It looks ridiculously good on her.