Quinta Brunson Pairs Burgundy and Brat Green for a Fall Color Trend Combo I Can't Stop Thinking About

The 'Abbott Elementary' star is expanding her style repertoire.

Quinta Brunson attending a morning show taping wearing a burgundy and brat green outfit
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Quinta Brunson rolled up to ABC studios in a bold color combination that plays into two trending fall hues on Tuesday, Oct. 8. With the help of stylist Jessica Paster, the Abbott Elementary star built the eye-catching look around a burgundy striped shirt and coordinating skirt that was cinched at the waist with a matching burgundy belt.

Last month, the trendy wine-red hue was renewed for another season on the Fall 2024 runways, where it was embraced by the likes of Tory Burch, Prada, Ferragamo, Gucci, and Victoria Beckham. Memorably, oxblood dominated the Spring 2024 runways, too, where it received ringing endorsements from Gucci and Bottega Veneta. The fanfare over burgundy also speaks to the long-tail effect of designers' obsession with cherry red in 2023. This year's take on the trend, however, is a richer shade of black cherry, as seen on Princess Kate and Lily Collins in recent weeks.

A photo of Quinta Brunson in a dark red dress with stripes.

Quinta Brunson posing outside ABC Studios in a burgundy striped shirt dress.

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The actor didn't stop at sporting one trendy shade, though. Instead, she embraced the brat green color trend by adding a vibrant lime trench jacket with a burgundy gingham lining atop the matching ruby red set. All three pieces—shirt, skirt, and trench—come from Forte_Forte's Spring 2025 collection, but similar options can be found from Staud, Wray, and Bluzat. She pulled the bold color combination together with a pair of wine-red pointed-toe pumps, gold hoops, and a chunky gold ring.

another angle of Quinta Brunson's burgundy dress and lime green coat

Quinta Brunson layers a lime green jacket with a gingham lining over her oxblood maxi dress.

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Earlier the same day, the Emmy-winning actor and writer—who is gearing up to promote Abbott Elementary's long-awaited fourth season—was spotted in Midtown Manhattan wearing a tan checked wool mini dress from Meshki, a beige double-breasted coat, Larroudé over-the-knee brown leather boots with a pointed toe, and an ivory Veronica Beard bag.

A photo of Quinta Brunson in a brown check mini dress and tall brown boots.

Quinta Brunson wears a Meshki mini dress with Larroudé boots and a white leather Veronica Beard bag.

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Has an outfit ever declared "It's fall, ya'll" more clearly? I think not.

Hanna Lustig
Staff Writer

Hanna Lustig is a staff writer at Marie Claire, where she gets to gab every day about the topics she holds most dear: fashion, beauty, and celebrity. Hanna’s editorial journey began with formative internships at Elle and InStyle, where she was lucky enough to work for some of the smartest women in media while she was still in college at the University of Tennessee. Hanna then accepted a digital culture reporting fellowship at Insider, where she helped carve out a new beat dedicated to covering influencers. Those experiences later served her well as a staff writer at Glamour, where she developed a knack for spinning quick turnaround celebrity news and trend reporting into juicy feature stories. Some of her greatest hits include an earnest ode to the no-pants trend, this meticulously reported feature exploring the rise of endoscopic facelifts, this snappy take on the Chanel-designed fantasy of Sofia Richie’s wedding, this tribute to WAGs past and present, and this timeline of Katie Holmes’s life and career as told through her denim collection.

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