For every new Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast members, there are a few rites of passage before they’re truly a part of the sisterhood of traveling maxi dresses. One must zero in on a fellow co-star as their newest frenemy, one must do their damnedest to get turned into a GIF worth sharing, and one must throw the most extravagant party possible. After all, there’s no better way to announce your disposable wealth!
While season seven newbie Dorit Kemsley has yet to find herself a frenemy or deserve getting the GIF treatment—give her time, the season is still young!—she wasted no time fulfilling at least one RHOBH requirement during tonight’s episode when she and husband Paul “PK” Kemsley threw her 40th birthday “Buddha lounge” party. With the couple’s truly stunning backyard transformed into an Asian-inspired sushi bar and nightclub all under the watchful eye of a 20-foot portrait of Dorit herself, the celebration certainly puts the Kemsleys on the map in terms of their party-throwing prowess.
Camille Grammer
In what will forever be known as the Dinner Party From Hell, Camille Grammer’s one and only party thrown during her tenure on the show was advertised as an elegant and mild-mannered shared meal at her home with all the ladies. However, with the addition of her friend, celebrity medium and e-cigarette enthusiast Allison Dubois, it became a knockdown, drag out shouting match for the ages—with Saint Camille sitting at the head of the table, a proud knowing smirk on her face, as she surveyed the damage she hath wrought. Not every party needs to be a garish flaunting of wealth to deliver maximum drama. Know that.
Kyle Richards
In what’s become a yearly tradition for RHOBH‘s queen of normal, Kyle Richards introduced viewers to her annual White Party, her celebration of all white everything. The set-up is simple: White tents galore, an alabaster dance floor, everyone dressed in their pearly best. Oh, and don’t forget the burger truck out front. Season one’s White Party was most memorable for the sad juxtaposition of everyone partying in the backyard, while Taylor stood alone in the front yard, waiting for her car while holding a cake.
Dana Wilkey
Dana-Pam wanted to be a Real Housewife real bad. So, Dana-Pam threw a game night in her weird ol’ empty home. Camille described it best: “We walk in, there’s hardly any furniture. You look around and go, ‘OK, what’s going on here?’ For a party planner, I just expected a table to sit at and chairs. It was a table of dessert and a few breadsticks!” However, Dana-Pam’s game night went down in infamy thanks to her terrible hosting skills and the refusal to interfere in the the epic fight between Kyle, Brandi and Kim Richards, who introduced “slut pig” into the national insult lexicon. Thanks for that, Dana-Pam.
Brandi Glanville
In season two, Brandi wanted to host all the ladies and make it nice. Only problem? Brandi didn’t have a home to host in. Cut to her borrowing someone’s Malibu home for some belly dancing lessons, far too much wine, and a screaming match between Taylor and Camille’s BFF Dede that resulted in Brandi telling the distraught Mrs. Armstrong, “Taylor, I’m gonna ask you to leave my house. You should go.”
Yolanda Hadid
In season three, new Housewife on the block Yolanda invited the women into her exquisite Malibu home for a dinner party including her husband, composer David Foster, and his famous musician friends. Dinner gave way to a private performance of “Danny Boy” of all things, but when a grieving and intoxicated Taylor didn’t want to hear anymore of the funeral dirge, Yo called it a night, sending the guests who dare speak over her husband’s dulcet tones back to Beverly Hills, which is one way to handle things, we guess.
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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