As the Spice Girls, they vowed that “friendship never ends” – and Melanie Brown has proved they still stand by that as she prepares for one of the biggest days of her life.
Speaking on a US chat show, the singer announced that former bandmate turned designer Victoria Beckham has created the wedding dress she’ll wear when she ties the knot with hairstylist Rory McPhee this year.
“Victoria actually designed my dress and my mum’s dress. It’s such a beautiful honour to get,” she said on morning show Today with Hoda & Jenna.
Melanie, 48, also confirmed she would wear several dresses – and that the ceremony will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, a special privilege granted to her as a holder of an MBE, which she received in the 2021 New Year’s Honours list for services to charity and vulnerable women.
DRESS(ES) TO IMPRESS
“I don’t think it would be fair to just have one [dress],” she said. “Just have as many as you want – at least three, right?
“I’m going to really go for it: one to actually get married in, which is the proper ceremony – very proper at this church, St Paul’s – and then maybe I want to change out of that.”
This won’t be the first time Victoria has designed an outfit for one of Mel’s special days – she also came up with the red dress the America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League judge wore to receive her MBE from the then Duke of Cambridge.
“I’m so proud of @officialmelb receiving her well deserved MBE,” Victoria wrote at the time. “A true role model, it was such an honour to dress you and your mum.”
Mel, who has daughters Phoenix, 24, Angel, 16, and Madison, 12, from previous relationships, confirmed her engagement to Rory after a threeyear relationship in an exclusive interview and photoshoot with HELLO! in November 2022.
