Quinta Brunson’s Best Red Carpet Looks: From The Streamys to the Emmys

Quinta Brunson is a role model in hard work and vision. She started her career making comedy videos on YouTube, which got her a job at BuzzFeed, which led to work in writing and creating web series, which of course, led to Abbott Elementary. Success is not linear, and if Brunson were to read that summary, I’m sure she’d say it was much harder that. But she’s been one of the most influential voices in comedy and broke into the industry by forging her own path forward. When I look through Quinta Brunson’s red carpet history, the thing that is evident more than anything is her steady climb. By the time the awards came, by the time the Met Gala invite came, by the time the gowns came, she was already a seasoned veteran. By the time she was on red carpets, she was already famous because she got famous on the Internet.

Brunson’s entrance into the red carpet cycle came alongside her work with stylist Bryon Javar, who got her swift and immediate attention from the picky Internet fashion critics, who hate everything and are rarely ever pleased with anyone. But Javar put her in dynamic, sculptural looks. He styled her often in Nepalese–American designer Prabal Gurung, who eventually took her to her first Met Gala in 2023. She now works with stylist Jessica Paster, who’s look for Brunson has a very different, more mature look. It’s an interesting decision that fans have taken note of on sites like Reddit and Twitter, wondering where the change happened and if it was for personal reasons because many prefer her work with Javar.