Quinta Brunson leaned into polish over embellishment on the TV Academy’s inaugural Televerse Competition, pairing a striped Missoni set with shiny black open-toe sneakers in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The “Abbott Elementary” creator and star walked the purple carpet in a striped Missoni set — a metallic crochet-knit polo shirt and skirt in peach, taupe, black and silver — completed with shiny black open-toe sneakers. Their silhouette was pared again: patent with a low vamp that left many of the toes seen. What the design lacked in {hardware} or flash, it made up for in reflective readability, pulling Missoni’s shimmer into sharper focus.
Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary” attends the TV Academy’s Inaugural Televerse Competition sporting peep-toe black patent sneakers on Aug. 16, 2025 in Los Angeles.
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That restraint is notable in Brunson’s ongoing rotation. Simply three weeks in the past at Comedian-Con, she leaned into Paris Texas’ blush mesh Lidia heels, all intersecting straps and translucence. Earlier this 12 months, she doubled down on Louboutin signatures — crystal-trimmed PVC pumps, then a grounded pair in chocolate leather-based.
A better have a look at Quinta Brunson’s open-toe patent pumps.
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It additionally ties her into a bigger shift taking place throughout movie star shoe closets. Julia Fox stepped into Saint Laurent’s Romy peep-toes earlier this month for Cara Delevingne’s celebration, utilizing their slim profile to chop via a retro-sport look. Emily Ratajkowski has put Paris Texas’ black patent Lidia heels on repeat in New York, pairing them with the whole lot from classic Gucci to a blazer and capris. Becky G relied on an analogous pointed black slip-on for Broadway in June. Every has used the silhouette’s simplicity to offset louder decisions — the identical calculus Brunson made in Missoni stripes.
Her look got here because the Academy debuted Televerse, a brand new Los Angeles pageant positioned at JW Marriott L.A. Reside to highlight tv via screenings, panels and reunions. The opening lineup included Henry Winkler’s appearing masterclass, a Harrison Ford dialog with Tommy Schlamme and solid reunions for “Queer as People” and “Sluggish Horses.”
