Victoria Beckham stands out as the Spice Girl most synonymous with trend, however arguably the member with probably the most enduring affect over style is Sporty Spice, Mel C.
Mel C is the face of the marketing campaign for Jonathan Anderson’s new Loafer bag, and the laid-back photographs function a fresh-faced magnificence and hair look which might make Pamela Anderson proud. Chisholm wears the model’s Resort Spring / Summer 2026 assortment, which incorporates outsized knitwear and outerwear items, Japanese-crafted denim, embellished Chelsea boots and several other iterations of the model’s Loafer bag, in denim, suede and Italian leather-based. It’s affirmation that she does louche and luxe simply in addition to sporty and stylish.
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While as an Eighties little one, Anderson’s fandom of the Spice Girls must be a given, Mel C has mentioned she had no concept that he was an admirer of hers till the marketing campaign provide got here. “I was really flattered,” she informed British Vogue. “Jonathan is such an incredible designer, and so eclectic in everything he does. I had actually never met him before this, so it was really nice to sit down with him and realise that he was a fan of mine [as well].”
And whereas this is likely to be Chisholm’s first main flip for a luxurious marketing campaign, she’s no stranger to the style world, and through the years her private style has advanced effortlessly past sportswear and crop tops (not to say she isn’t nonetheless partial to them). Here’s a few of the defining seems which show she has found her signature style.
Her hype assortment second for Palace X Gap
Mel C for Palace Gap
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Last spring, Mel C was tapped to star in a collab between Gap and skate model Palace. The photographs have been signature Sporty as she wore a shell tracksuit in burgundy and navy from the sell-out assortment. Speaking of the significance of sportswear being seen as high-fashion she informed Dazed on the time: “I feel very proud of how sports and streetwear has gone from strength to strength from the football pitch and the playground to the catwalk. I was just doing what all the kids where I grew up did, and for a long time sportswear was deemed quite scruffy when actually it’s incredibly stylish.”
Stylish suiting for VB’s fiftieth
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Whether it’s a tracksuit or a trouser go well with, Mel C has kind with turning out cool takes on two-piece seems. In current years her purple carpet style has advanced to see minimalist seems with a twist change into her signature — and normally in all black. For Victoria Beckham’s Netflix premiere she opted for a velvet go well with in a flared minimize. The strong-shouldered jacket featured satin lapels.
Modern minimalism on the Brit Awards
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The Brit Awards 2024 proved the rule, as she wore a black go well with with a punk contact courtesy of a gold belted element, whereas a satin crop high recalled her Spice Girls days.
Harking again to her Spice Girls uniform at Glastonbury
Mel C performs at William’s Green throughout day two of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm
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Performing a DJ set at Glastonbury 2022 and when becoming a member of Blossoms on stage on the competition, Mel C wore Adidas observe pants and selected a personalised tee emblazoned with ‘Alexa, play the Spice Girls.’ Proof she’s snug with proudly owning the Sporty Spice look that got here to outline her, albeit with a 2020s twist.
When the Spice Girls entered the charts and popularised the concept of woman energy, Mel C broke out into the scene styled in glittering Nineties separates. But every time she was clearly allowed to go her personal method, it was soccer shirts and Adidas tracksuits she selected, typically with her signature cross tattoo on present. All of which have endured in her 2020s seems.