Another season of The
Real Housewives of Orange County comes to a close. This was one of the most
drama packed seasons yet, and the cast is great; however, I feel the reunion
was a little tamer than ones of past seasons. But with regards to the fashion
choices, the ladies brought their A-games. Since today is Friday, I’m doing my
reunion fashion critiques along with a season wrap-up. As usual, I will give my
Best Dressed and Worst Dressed at the end. Let’s dive right in!
You can see a full slideshow of the reunion looks on
bravotv.com or at this link:
Heather Dubrow
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I think Heather was looking great at the reunion. The only
thing I might have thought twice about were the bangs, but in all honesty, they
look better on her than they did on Tamra… Her dress is a sexy, short maroon number
by Cushnie Et Ochs. I have no idea why Heather didn’t wear a lovely shade of
plumeria; golden opportunity wasted… The best part of Heather’s reunion look
has to be her shoes. They’re spiky and sparkly; I didn’t expect the dominatrix
look from Heather, but I like it… I think the lighting in this picture is a bit
unfortunate. Perhaps the lighting crew wanted to “take the Dubrows down”. To
me, Heather’s breasts look two different sizes. If it’s not the lighting,
perhaps Heather will be featured on Botched season 2.
Heather had a rough season this year, but I think she
handled herself with class. We saw her break ground on a new home with a party
overflowing with onion rings, leg spreading, and drama. Her family welcomed a
new addition in the form of a puppy. And we found out “Ms. Know-It-All”, as she
was so kindly dubbed, does not, in fact, know it all; she had to Google “Dutch
oven” and “dirty Sanchez”. It takes a lot to make me blush, but hearing Heather
Dubrow say those words did the trick… I also want to thank Heather for allowing
me to learn a valuable lesson by her mistake… I will NEVER play Marry, F**k,
Kill at a dinner party of couples. It may be fun in theory, but someone’s gonna
get pissed off…
Lizzie Rovsek
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The former beauty queen and valedictorian is looking great
in her dress by BCBG. For the most part the dress is soft and understated. But
it definitely pushes her “Kentucky fried titties” to the front and center. The
pale yellow color is great on her skin tone. I doubt many women could pull off
that color. I’m a little upset Lizzie didn’t wear one of her swimsuits to the
reunion. That would have been a real statement piece.
Lizzie started off the season a little slowly as she warmed
up to the ladies, but she quickly showed us that she has no time for BS. She
doesn’t pussyfoot around with lines like “Let’s cut to the chase…” and “…you
didn’t want to come to my party.” I felt sorry for Lizzie all season. She and
her husband, Christian, are trying to decide on when and if they will have another
child, a decision that is hardly ever easy. Her dinner party at the beach house
descended into a madness that not even shots of Fireball could save. And the
only person to show up at her birthday party called her and her friend “Dumb
and Dumber”. At least she got a trip to Bali out of it… I hope Lizzie comes
back next season. She has it all, and I think she has a lot more to share with
us.
Vicki Gunvalson
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The original housewife is looking radiant in her lacey
Jovani dress. Like Lizzie, Vicki’s girls are giving us a “Woohoo!” moment. They
look like they’re ready to “whoop it up” at Andale’s… Thank God she took off
those gloves during the reunion while she was fighting with Tamra. They didn’t
really match her dress.
Vicki, the queen of all the housewives, had her best season
yet, in my opinion. She was in some of the drama, but she didn’t go overboard,
and for once, she was the voice of reason. She didn’t try to throw her
relationship with Brooks in anyone’s face or in front of the camera. Everything
between them felt natural and organic. We learned a lot from Vicki this season.
First of all, Vicki must now consider herself an honorary Asian since she now
is a full-fledged practitioner of Feng Shui, and as she told us on the show,
only Asians do Feng Shui. We also learned that “gay” is a look, and if you
don’t have it, you can’t be gay. And lastly, Oklahoma is an “invisible state”. I
guess that means the Pioneer Woman and I have superpowers. She lives in an
invisible state, and I’ve driven through an invisible state where I saw a lot
of invisible things. Should I put that on my resume?... The worst moment for
Vicki was the final scene of the season finale. She had to say goodbye to her
pregnant daughter and grandson. She has to let them go and live their own
lives, but she can still be sad about it. I know Vicki has at least 9 more
seasons in her. I can’t wait to see her back on my TV screen next year, but I’d
better move on before she starts snoring…
Shannon Beador
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Shannon, another newbie housewife, is wearing a coral dress
complete with a few fun ruffles by Emilio Pucci. The dress is a little plain,
but Shannon looks beautiful. She went with a sort of messy-chic hairdo that
made her look modern. I wonder if she used holistic hairspray… The black nail
polish matches the black shoes with bows and studs. And the diamonds in her
teeth match the diamonds around her neck. I’d better stop there before I’m
accused of “speaking condescending”…
Shannon had a rough rookie season. She trusted the wrong
person, *cough* *cough* Tamra, repeatedly; she was living in a strained
marriage; and she couldn’t find her crème brûlée torch. I think this may be the
first time that The Real Housewives
franchise has actually saved a marriage. All of the conflict with the other
women brought Shannon and her husband, David, closer. They turned a negative
into a positive, and I highly respect them for that. Shannon’s a little kooky
and high strung, which makes great and entertaining television. Now if only she
could get the green men out of her head and have that colonic Tamra suggested,
she’d be close to perfect.
Tamra Judge
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Tamra’s pink Barbie doll dress was designed by Elizabeth
& James. Tamra looks great, as always, but I have to take away creativity
points. I feel like we’ve seen her in this dress and/or this color too many
times. She really needs to change it up. Her hair and her shoes are nothing
special either. Maybe she let Astro put together her boring outfit. I say it’s
a mediocre look for a crappy season for Tamra.
Like every other season, Tamra was in the middle of the
drama and even stirred up more than her fair share. She usually gets away with
it and comes out still loved by viewers on the other side. However, this year
was different. She obviously had too much on her mind to scheme and manipulate
skillfully. She got caught and called out for talking out of both sides of her
mouth too many times. I’ll give her a little bit of sympathy for having to deal
with custody issues and Simon, but it’s not enough to excuse her behavior.
Tamra’s stuck in a cycle of alienating friends and marrying, excuse my
frankness, assholes. Shannon may have been talking about Heather when she
yelled, “You will all see the truth!” But she was obviously talking about the
wrong person. We finally saw the truth with regards to Tamra, and I, for one,
did not like what I saw. I also just want to point out that we saw Tamra cry
may times this season, yet she never actually shed a tear. Perhaps she had her
tear ducts removed during her last facelift so as not to ruin her make up if
she ever cried. Or perhaps she’s truly 90 years old, and her body is no longer
capable of producing moisture…anywhere…
Now who do I think were the best dressed and the worst
dressed at the reunion? This was a hard choice because they all looked great. Drumroll…
Best Dressed goes to: Vicki Gunvalson
Worst Dressed goes to: Tamra Judge (for lack of creativity)
This was a great season of RHOC, perhaps the best one yet.
The ladies brought the drama and the fun that we all crave. I’m looking forward
to what the next season brings. But, for now, in the infamous words of Heather
Dubrow, “We’re done. Please leave…”
