It’s a guilty pleasure dazzled with banana-curled bouffants and eternal spa days. It’s a Netflix binge filled with saucy Prosecco pours and jaunt-to-the-island dinners. It’s an insomniac’s dream of body-con proportions complete with rented mansions and vicious table-flips. Whatever you call it, the Real Housewives series is a meme-frenzied, cultural phenomenon that has spanned everywhere from New York to Atlanta, New Jersey to Beverly Hills. But the franchise isn t limited to the States—its global reach includes Australia, the home to Real Housewives of Melbourne, which premieres for a second season tonight, meaning plenty of false eyelashes and sheeny, shiny frocks to go around. So why not get into the mood with a little theme dressing (the Real Housewives do, you know, love themes). Here, from NeNe Leakes to Gina Liano, see six favorite all-time Real Housewives looks that manage to be totally chic, supremely entertaining, and refreshingly free of cattiness.
Gina "Down to Earth" Liano, Melbourne
LuAnn "Living elegantly just comes naturally” de Lesseps, New York
Yolanda “I like to have fun, but I don’t play games” Foster, Beverly Hills
NeNe "I have arrived, and the spotlight is on me” Leakes, Atlanta
Joanna "I m a model, but not always a model citizen” Krupa, Miami
Bethenny "New York City is my playground” Frankel, New York
