Geri Halliwell on Her Iconic Spice Girls Union Jack Dress - and Why a Stylist Told Her Not to Wear It

Ginger Spice wore updated versions of the dress for both Spice Girl reunion tours

one year later: “It felt like everything we had worked for lead up to that moment,” Halliwell said in the video.-inspired swimsuit was presented to her.Dave Benett/Getty; MJ Kim/Spice Girls LLP via Getty; Dave J Hogan/Getty

“My sister did it because she’s better at sewing than I am,” Halliwell recalled in the clip. “I remember showing it to a stylist and she said to me, ‘You can’t wear that.’ She actually said, ‘You cannot wear that. It’s racist’…We celebrate all cultures so that’s why i put the peace sign on the back.”Halliwell famously topped off the outfit with red latex platform boots

When Halliwell left the band in 1998, the iconic garment was auctioned off for a record-breaking 41,000 pounds . So, who was the lucky winner? The Hard Rock Cafe. “For me, wearing the Union Jack dress, I’m always quite mindful because it’s had such a moment,” she explained. “We really needed to sort of turn the volume up on it and Cavalli did that with crystals.”At the time, the singer said she was at a crossroads in her life — 10 years older than she was at the start of her career, but wanting to prove that she was still just as sexy.

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