How 14 Seasons of RHOBH Have Helped Kyle Richards

14 seasons on TV can change a person. Kyle Richards would certainly know. No one has been on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as long as her. That absolutely has to affect a person – even down to the way that person dresses.

Fans have seen Kyle go through some of her most personal changes in the last couple of years. From her separation to her comfort with her sexuality, she’s seen a great deal. And Season 14 teases yet another side of Kyle entirely.

Viewers almost have to wonder, with everything she’s put herself through on camera if she’ll leave the show anytime soon. Whether she does or not, there’s no denying how the show has changed her. In fact, RHOBH serves as a rather interesting time capsule, especially when it comes to changing fashion trends.

Kyle Richards reflects on RHOBH turning point with Erika Jayne

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In a recent interview with Bravo, Kyle described how her style had changed since the show’s beginning. “I mean, Season 1, I had a plastic clip in my hair.” Kyle said that, at that point, she did her own hair. “But things have changed in the last few years and now, the bar has been raised extremely high in Beverly Hills.”

Kyle noted that things started to change when Erika Jayne joined the cast in 2015. In Kyle’s mind, Erika brought a sense of fabulousness to the cast. “I was like, ‘Okay, well, that’s her thing.’ It made sense.” On that point of fabulousness, Kyle said, “The looks can be over-the-top and I kind of just say to myself, ‘I understand that things are changing, but I have to be myself.’”

She continued, “So, I’m only willing to go so far… Some of the women travel with hair and makeup… that’s obviously newer… It’s just interesting. It’s very different now. It’s not casual.” But for all the pomp, Kyle realized, “They all look amazing, but I can’t, after 14 years, all of a sudden be like, ‘Okay, I’m going to follow suit.’ I have to just be me.”

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 14 hits Bravo on Tuesday, November 19 at 8/7c.

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