Geri Halliwell Shares Spice Girls Union Jack Dress Story On ‘Jimmy Fallon’
Halliwell debuted the now-iconic item at the 1997 BRIT Awards.
Geri Halliwell of Spice Girls stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and told the story behind how she made the decision to wear the now-famous Union Jack dress at the 1997 BRIT Awards.
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“I always like making things [and] they gave us different clothes from different [eras],” she explained. “That was a Gucci dress; it was like a Marilyn Monroe 50s-shape black swimming costume.” She added, “Like Americans – you always celebrate your country, I was thinking, ‘It’s the BRITs, I should put a flag on it.’ And the only flag I found was a tea towel, so I cut out a tea towel and sewed it on the Gucci dress.” She also said that her boots were painted with car spray, an homage to her father, who was a mechanic.
Last November, the band released a special version of their iconic album Spiceworld to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and the group continued the celebrations into the new year. March marked 25 years since the album’s single “Stop” was released, and the occasion was commemorated with a new, alternative cut of the music video.
The original video finds Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, and Posh on a neighborhood street in Ireland, performing in the middle of the road for some very confused neighbors and joining in on kids’ games like double dutch and cat’s cradle.
The alternative version features an extended cut of the performance scenes, showing the song’s full choreo and focusing on the members. “We still love seeing you dance along with us, and to celebrate this anniversary, we’ve released a new video captured on the original shoot 25 years ago,” read a statement on their website.
Spiceworld is the group’s 1997 second studio album, following their massive breakout success with the previous year’s Spice. “Stop” was the third single to be released off the album, following the megahit “Spice Up Your Life,” and the chart-topping “Too Much.”
