{"id":33968,"date":"2026-08-09T05:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33968"},"modified":"2026-08-09T05:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:22:10","slug":"it-was-mel-cs-wedding-day-couldnt-geri-just-avoid-white-for-once-inside-newly-married-sporty-spices-wardrobe-clash-with-her-diva-bandmate-as-furious-friends-tell-katie-hind-about-unforgiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33968","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It was Mel C&#8217;s wedding day. Couldn&#8217;t Geri just avoid white for ONCE?&#8217;: Inside newly married Sporty Spice&#8217;s wardrobe clash with her &#8216;diva&#8217; bandmate, as furious friends tell KATIE HIND about &#8216;unforgivable&#8217; behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was a photograph that Melanie Chisholm should have been able to treasure for the rest of her life. Standing alongside three of her Spice Girl bandmates at her wedding last month to model Chris Dingwall, the woman best known as <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/mel-c\/index.html\" id=\"mol-233a56b0-933d-11f1-b8f0-d550da63a2d1\">Sporty Spice<\/a> looked stunning in an elegant bridal gown designed by the absent <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/victoria_beckham\/index.html\" id=\"mol-232b6290-933d-11f1-b8f0-d550da63a2d1\">Victoria Beckham<\/a>, who was on World Cup duty in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But as the picture shows all too clearly, Mel wasn\u2019t the only one dressed in white. While <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/emma-bunton\/index.html\" id=\"mol-233ffc00-933d-11f1-b8f0-d550da63a2d1\">Emma Bunton<\/a> chose a pink checked trouser suit and Melanie Brown opted for a peach-toned mini dress, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/geri-horner\/index.html\" id=\"mol-233351d0-933d-11f1-b8f0-d550da63a2d1\">Geri Halliwell<\/a> broke wedding etiquette completely by wearing a white, floor-length outfit which, despite sporting pastel-coloured flowers, looked undeniably bridal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On the day, I\u2019m told, there were snide comments made privately about Ginger Spice\u2019s outfit choice, a \u00a32,000 two-piece by Australian designer Zimmermann.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And while eyebrows were raised, many shrugged it off as \u2018Geri being Geri\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But last week, the usually diplomatic Mel C addressed her friend\u2019s wardrobe misdemeanour \u2013 revealing she had specifically asked Geri not to wear white on her big day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking on Australian radio station KIIS 1065, Mel said: \u2018I did have a little chat with Geri because it is her favourite colour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She wears it every day. But she had a beautiful floral dress on and it was white-white&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I did have a little giggle with her about that.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4d334966dfb2b7b8\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/08\/15\/110513805-16038349-From_left_Scary_Spice_Mel_B_Sporty_Spice_bride_Mel_C_Ginger_Spic-m-11_1786197710951.jpg\" height=\"725\" width=\"634\" alt=\"From left, Mel B, bride Mel C, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton at the wedding on July 18.\u00a0Geri wore a white, floor-length, floral outfit which looked undeniably bridal\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">From left, Mel B, bride Mel C, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton at the wedding on July 18.\u00a0Geri wore a white, floor-length, floral outfit which looked undeniably bridal\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While publicly Mel appears to have taken Geri\u2019s dress choice in her stride, those who know both women are less prepared to be magnanimous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Mel has always been very tolerant of Geri,\u2019 says one source. \u2018But really, she is far, far too tolerant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Mel is lovely, she\u2019s kind and she would do anything for Geri, yet Geri couldn\u2019t just wear a different colour for the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Geri does what Geri wants to do most of the time, but to do that to Mel feels very dismissive and bordering on the unkind. Mel is 52 and getting married for the first time, it was such a massively special day and the girls were so happy for her. It\u2019s baffling, really.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018But it\u2019s very befitting of Geri. She\u2019s a diva, the biggest one of all of the Spice Girls \u2013 and don\u2019t forget Victoria Beckham was part of the band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Victoria might not have been there but even she wanted to make it special by making Mel\u2019s dress.\u2019 Geri, who attended the wedding in the lakeside grounds of The Country House Cumbria in the Lake District with her former Red Bull boss husband Christian Horner, has worn white consistently for several years<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It\u2019s in stark contrast to her brash Spice Girls days when she famously wore a Union Jack mini-dress during a performance at the 1997 Brit Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I\u2019m told that while Geri is proud of her Spice Girls roots, there is also a touch of embarrassment about her wild past now she\u2019s a married mother of two living in a sumptuous manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside. \u2018It\u2019s perhaps for this reason that Geri has swapped her once colourful wardrobe for something more muted. Geri is mortified when some elements of her Spice Girls days come back to haunt her,\u2019 says a source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The others embrace it, but Geri doesn\u2019t always. She sees some of it as very tacky and not in keeping with the \u201clady of the manor\u201d brand that she has carved out for herself these days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Plus, she is embarrassed about Christian\u2019s family who, some say, sneer at those days.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Geri, however, insists that she was inspired to curate a more sophisticated image by the late Apple boss Steve Jobs and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who both dress simply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7e4f47c4a0b1719e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/08\/15\/110513811-16038349-image-a-12_1786197792541.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\u00bfMel is 52 and getting married for the first time, it was such a massively special day and the girls were so happy for her. It\u00bfs baffling, really,\u00bf says a source\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u2018Mel is 52 and getting married for the first time, it was such a massively special day and the girls were so happy for her. It\u2019s baffling, really,\u2019 says a source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f050a01fd4a17311\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/08\/15\/110513807-16038349-image-a-13_1786197815046.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Geri, who attended the wedding with former Red Bull boss husband Christian Horner, has worn white for several years now (Pictured in 2024)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Geri, who attended the wedding with former Red Bull boss husband Christian Horner, has worn white for several years now (Pictured in 2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On Jessie Ware\u2019s podcast Table Manners, she explained that white is her \u2018uniform\u2019 and that it saves her a considerable amount of time getting ready each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added that it gives her a sense of calm and control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I went through a period when I was in my 20s, wearing black all the time,\u2019 she said. \u2018But I\u2019ve gone through different theories. I looked at a lot of guys, and they always wear the same thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Whether it\u2019s Steve Jobs, the Facebook guy, you know, they all wear the same thing, like a uniform. I thought, \u201cWell, actually, how much time do you use getting ready?\u201d That was one thing, and everything matches. It keeps things simple.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Adding that it was \u2018like wearing a school uniform as an adult\u2019, she said it \u2018looks like you\u2019ve made an effort when you haven\u2019t\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More recently Geri, 54, also admitted: \u2018There\u2019s a power in covering up, I didn\u2019t realise that, I don\u2019t need to overshare.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There are plenty of anecdotes about Geri\u2019s dramatic transformation from the outrageous Watford-born wannabe to genteel country wife \u2013 a role she is said to enjoy immensely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And nothing screams \u2018lady of the manor\u2019 more than moving into a \u00a345million sprawling country estate with its own stables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their home is on the Oxfordshire\/Northamptonshire border, which they share with Geri\u2019s daughter Bluebell, 20, and the couple\u2019s son Monty, nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, those who know them say they are keen to upgrade, and have been viewing other estates nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Geri will certainly be hoping that any move will mark a clean break from the past two difficult years. Ex-Formula One boss Christian was caught up in a scandal over allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by a female colleague, which he denied and which his racing team Red Bull dismissed. However, it ultimately led to him quitting as CEO in July last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite her husband being cleared, the episode was embarrassing for Geri, who staunchly stood by Christian, whom she married in May 2015 in a bespoke satin gown by designer Phillipa Lepley (in white, naturally).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Geri is a survivor, she has always had to be,\u2019 says a source. \u2018She was brought up by a single mum and has had to fight for everything which is most admirable. But now she has poshed herself up she will do whatever she wants to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The sad thing is that even when the lovely Mel walked down the aisle, she just couldn\u2019t do as she was asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It\u2019s a good job it was Mel C\u2019s wedding and not Mel B\u2019s, because if that was the case there would have been fisticuffs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mel C started dating Chris, thought to be in his 40s, in 2023 after meeting on the exclusive dating app Raya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a photograph that Melanie Chisholm should have been able to treasure for the rest of her life. 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