All About Dorit Kemsley’s Stunning Brown Hair and Style Evolution Through the Years
Her recent transformation from blonde to brunette proves the RHOBH cast member is a true chameleon.
Dorit Kemsley has a knack for fashion, and she always makes sure she has “a little extra, a little over-the-top” hairstyle to match. “I’m not exactly known for my subtleties,” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member joked in the clip above, explaining that her hair looks are always influenced by her outfits.
“Justine Marjan, who is behind most of my hair looks, her and I, we collab really well together. She’s known me a while and I know her capabilities, so it’s a lot of fun to show her an outfit that I’m wearing and then her and I talk about it,” Dorit explained. “Very rarely am I like ‘No.’”
Still, she has her limits. “I definitely work within the parameters of who I think I am, and I think there’s some outlandish styles [that] wouldn’t fit me,” she noted. “Yes, I’ve done some crazy things with my hair but it always — for me, anyway — fits within my personality.”
Ahead, take a look back at some of Dorit’s most iconic hairstyles and see how her hair looks have evolved over the years, including her most recent transformation to dark brunette hair that had the whole Bravoverse talking.
Dorit Kemsley as a Brunette at the RHOBH Season 13 Reunion
In February 2023, Dorit debuted a stunning darker hairstyle on Instagram. “Love my new hair,” she captioned a photo which showed off her long, straight brunette locks.
“I just felt like I needed change. Being a blonde, it’s very high-maintenance,” she told Page Six Style in an interview published in April 2023 of the hair color that fans got to see more of in RHOBH Season 13. “And I’m so high-maintenance as it is, I just feel like my hair should not be as high-maintenance!”
Her comments got misinterpreted, though, and people thought this meant she couldn’t afford the regular dye jobs of keeping her hair blonde. During Part 2 of the RHOBH Season 13 reunion, Dorit clarified: "Nobody is going to put me on a budget."
"One has nothing to do with the other," she continued. "The dark hair, I was ready for a change... The brown hair was just a choice. I'm not on a budget by my husband."
Dorit Kemsley’s Braids for the RHOBH Season 10 reunion
With Justine Marjan in charge of her tresses, Dorit’s Season 10 silver chain mail reunion look was complete with a work-of-art hairstyle.
The “regal” updo, as Marjan dubbed it, included sculptural braids that were interwoven and visible from the front.
Dorit Kemsley’s Bedazzled Hair Clips for the RHOBH Season 9 Reunion
Dorit’s Season 9 reunion hairstyle might be one of the most memorable in RHOBH — or even Bravo — history. With a long ponytail tied at the top of her head, the entire base of Dorit's hair was covered in bedazzled barrettes and bobby pins with sparkling words on them: "Vibes," "Glam," "Drippin'," "Bo$$," and "Icon.” Of course, Marjan was behind this glittering style as well.
Dorit Kemsley’s Gold Leaf Hair at Lisa Vanderpump's Diamonds and Rosé Party in RHOBH Season 7
Even in her freshman season, Dorit was already proving herself as a Housewives hair queen.
This gilded look, worn for Lisa Vanderpump’s Diamonds and Rosé party in Season 7, quickly became one of Dorit’s most talked about hair looks.
Dorit Kemsley’s “Super Short Bob” in RHOBH Season 8
In the Season 8 video above, Dorit debuted her “super short bob” haircut along with some purple Balenciaga boots.
Later, in Season 10, she looked back on that cut. “I really loved when I went super short,” she told BravoTV.com. “I did cut my hair short, but then I went even shorter and people couldn’t really understand: ‘Is your hair really that short, or is it a little longer?’”
Dorit Kemsley’s Curly Hair
Over the years, fans have wondered what Dorit’s natural hair looks like. It turns out, it’s curly.
"I love [Dorit's] hair curly (it’s her natural texture),” Marjan told Page Six in 2019.
Dorit Kemsley’s Long, Straight Blonde Hair in RHOBH Season 7
In Season 7, Dorit joined the cast of RHOBH and brought along with her a fabulous head of long, straight, blonde hair.
Dorit Kemsley's Natural Hair Is Brown and Curly
In September 2019, Dorit shared a throwback photo of her at her high school graduation on Instagram. In the photo, Dorit was in her cap and gown, and under that graduation cap, she was rocking an elbow-length brunette mane with gorgeous ringlet curls.
"High school graduation. June 1994. I remember feeling like the world was mine to explore," Dorit wrote in the caption, using the hashtag "#25YearsAgo."
