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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Best and Worst Dressed Real Housewives

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Which housewife has the fiercest shoes and which wife needs to dial down the glitz? Kelly Killoren Bensimon sizes up her Bravo cast-mates and reveals her own worst-dressed moment (Hint: think knee-socks and shorts...at the same time).

We love these shows because each cast member has a completely different style to flaunt. According to Kelly, the ladies of The OC have a tendency to layer on a little too much, from color to accessories to bags to diamonds. Her advice? “Bring it down a notch. Take off a necklace, take off an earring,” she says. But Jeana gets Kelly’s thumbs up for her “very appropriate” choices.

Lisa is Kelly’s pick for the best dressed of the Atlanta wives— she especially loves her “hot yellow shoes.” (Not a surprise. We’ve seen Kelly’s closet and a pair of neon pink stilettos are one of her most prized possessions!)

The Jersey girls all have “beautiful skin and beautiful hair” but too much going on in the accessories department, for Kelly. That being said, it’s feisty Teresa, who gets Kelly’s ‘best’ nod. “She has fun,” says Kelly, “I like that she wears clothes that are sexy but also conducive to being a mother.”

When it comes to the ladies of New York City, Kelly thinks Jill Zarin dresses the best for her body type. In our opinion, Kelly’s eclectic style is the most fun and flattering. But sometimes, even Kelly admits, a few of her more experimental outfits miss the mark. Her biggest fashion 'don’t' to date she says was the time she wore a body suit with shorts, a grosgrain belt, knee-socks, and patent leather shoes. We'd have to agree with her there.

Thankfully, Kelly confirms that she'll be returning for another season this fall--we can't wait to see what she'll be wearing.

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  • indychick's Avatar
    Posted by indychick Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:35am PDT

    Personally, I think that most of the housewives in all of the different cities looked awful. Too much accessoring, too much make-up and hair styling, yuck. If I had to pick one that I think mostly got it right, I'd pick Bethanny. The rest of them, including Kelly "Ditz-simon", need to hire stylists. The funny thing is most people hated Kelly,and Sarah picked her to comment. Nice way to get people to visit your blog!

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  • 's Avatar
    Posted by Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:19am PDT

    All these women are outrageous,but it makes for good television

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  • BK's Avatar
    Posted by BK Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:39pm PDT

    Great episode..

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  • Sorella's Avatar
    Posted by Sorella Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:29pm PDT

    Real Housewives?!! Really? It's watching June Cleaver on steriods. Those women wouldn't do what a "real housewife" does day in and day out? Can you imagine any one of them living in a 1500 ft ranch in a cul-de-sac? Not hardly. I watched one episode of the Orange County group, and I took the cure. Stupid, superficial, and vain. If I want to watch that, I'll tune into one of those stupid 20 something MTV shows. Same thing, less botox and Dior.

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  • MJB's Avatar
    Posted by MJB Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:41am PDT

    Fabulous episode! I love Kelly's fun fashion on the show and Theresa's on NJ too! Kelly should have another show - fashion makeovers for everyone! Throw Tim Gunn on the show for conservatism and voila! :-)

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  • Linda S's Avatar
    Posted by Linda S Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:03pm PDT

    Kelly is a joke - she's awful !

    I think if your not a housewife you shouldn't be on the show - just my opinion.

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  • __A_YAHOO_USER__'s Avatar
    Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:36pm PDT

    I would like to see bonafide "married" women and not some golddiggers.

    Secondly, if these "wifes" are of an affluent nature then less gautiness

    and more class is needed. To me they're all over-exposed and exaggerated.

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  • Michelle e's Avatar
    Posted by Michelle e Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:22am PDT

    I agree with my fellow poster. If you are a housewife then be on one of these shows, if not, then don't bother us. Kelly B. is awful. I can't decide if she looks like a washed out drag queen or if she just looks road hard and put away wet. Terrible. Who would take fashion advice from her!

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  • Jables's Avatar
    Posted by Jables Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:50am PDT

    I like Gretchen's style. She gorgeous, young and flirty. All the rest are old bags.

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  • PollyH's Avatar
    Posted by PollyH Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:52pm PDT

    The best "housewives" are the ones from New Jersey. You got to love reality TV.

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