Quinta Brunson Channeled Betty Boop for the 2024 Emmy Awards

Vogue

Brunson made history at the Emmys, becoming the first Black actor to win in the Best Actress category in over 40 years.  Director: Jameer Pond Director Of Photography: Brandon Widener Editors: Daniel Poler, Katie Wolford Producer: Gigi Chavarria Associate Director, Creative Development: Alexandra Gurvitch Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg Assistant Camera: Thomas Rubino Audio: Gloria Marie Production Assistant: Brock Spitaels Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors Line Producer: Romeeka Powell Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo Post Production Supervisors: Edward Taylor, Christian Olguin Associate Talent Manager: Paige Garbarini Director of Content, Production: Rahel Gebreyes Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin VP, Digital Video English: Thespena Guatieri Images Dior Filmed at Conrad Los Angeles

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00:00 Hey Vogue, I'm Quinta Brunson and I'm getting ready for the Emmys.

00:05 You want to come get ready with me? Come on. Come on in.

00:09 The difference between the Emmys last year and this year is, last year was my first everything.

00:21 First time going to the Emmys, first time being nominated for an Emmy,

00:25 first time going to an awards ceremony, period.

00:28 I won't call it overwhelming, but it was whelming.

00:31 And this year, there's a beauty in the relaxation of being like, "Okay, I'm here again. This is nice."

00:37 It makes me think of those actors who just go every year and they're like, "Why do they look so bored?"

00:43 And it's like, because they come here every year. But it's a nice comfort.

00:47 Our show is nominated, my cast, they're nominated, so of course I'm rooting for them.

00:51 If I were to win this year, I would not bring my phone up. It's too distracting.

00:55 I'm asking me to shout them out. My family and friends are very considerate.

00:59 They would never say, "Shout me out," but I can't help it.

01:01 We are in glam right now. This is what happens before you go to an awards show.

01:10 You do this for about two to four hours before you go to a show.

01:16 Last year was our first Emmys, and we're going to stay consistent.

01:20 This is now her signature look. She loves it. We've gotten so many compliments.

01:24 She's been fighting me on it, and now I have complied.

01:27 He's lying. I told him I like this look so much that I want it to be signature.

01:31 I love the way it looks from every angle. He fought me on it.

01:34 Alex is so good at hair that he wants to show off all the different kinds of hair he can do, which he can't.

01:39 But we're going to land on a signature because I think it's important.

01:41 This is called the #2 Combo Quinta Special.

01:45 We talked a little bit about how Quinta wanted to feel, so I took some key words from that,

01:51 which was effortless, timeless, classic.

01:54 Alex said she's been here before, so she wanted to feel like, "I've been here before."

01:59 With the glam, we went simple. Just a classic winged liner that I feel like packs its own power.

02:05 Without changing my face completely, I just don't want to look totally different.

02:10 I think sometimes that can happen where makeup can make us look totally different,

02:16 but I really do like looking like myself.

02:19 - Well, you have beautiful curls, though. - Thank you, bro.

02:22 I think I always look good in the old Hollywood feel.

02:32 I loved Eartha Kitt. I loved Judith Jameson. I love Betty Boop.

02:38 I know that's a cartoon, but big eyes, big ass head.

02:43 I always felt very inspired by her.

02:47 Honestly, I was more inspired when we landed on this Dior dress.

02:50 It just has that classic feel to me, but it's very modern at the same time,

02:55 which is what I like to bring to the table. I think I like to bring that to the table through my art.

03:00 I like to do stories when I dress people, so for this weekend, we chose something a little more old Hollywood.

03:08 We chose a beautiful Christian Dior haute couture piece.

03:11 What that means is it's a haute couture dress. It is one of one.

03:15 So a client can actually buy this dress off the runway and nobody else can get it.

03:20 More importantly is look at this fabric. It is supposed to be crinkled.

03:25 That is the beauty of this dress.

03:28 You know, some people, the haters are going to say, "Oh my God, why didn't she steam?"

03:31 We've steamed. This is the beauty of the fabric as well as the draping.

03:36 Draping, Madame Gray did it beautifully, and Christian Dior does it beautifully.

03:41 That is an art. The inside is absolutely beautiful.

03:45 It is one, two, three corsets inside.

03:48 It's the netting that actually makes the beauty of the dress.

03:52 Quinta chose a beautiful Christian Louboutin shoe that we did get dyed.

03:56 These are going to hurt at the end of the night, but they are quite beautiful.

04:00 I feel great. I feel like everything we talked about.

04:05 I feel classy and classy, and second Emmy's around.

04:09 I don't know, I feel like a little princess.

04:13 When I first saw this dress, I wasn't immediately like, "Oh, that one."

04:17 I saw the color and I was like, "Oh, that's a pretty color. Let's see about that dress."

04:22 Then we put it on and something just felt like all of the things I was describing.

04:27 Alright guys, thank you so much for getting ready with me to go to the Emmy's.

04:34 Now we have to go to the Emmy's, so bye Vogue. Thanks for joining me.

04:37 [music]

04:41 Did I go for an Instagram pose?

04:43 [laughter]

04:45 [music]

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