Costume designer Kate Carin shares the iconic film’s style secrets with NYLON, 25 years later.
, was released in theaters 25 years ago — exactly one year after the group’s hoes-before-bros anthem “Wannabe” topped charts in the United States. By the time the movie came out, the world was well acquainted with the five women known as Ginger , Posh , Scary , Sporty , and Baby Spice , as well as their “girl power” mantra. The film follows the women as they zip around London on the Spice Bus, a double-decker tour bus emblazoned with the Union Jack.
Over two decades later, the Spice Girls are still fashion icons, especially with the return of ‘90s fashion in recent years. But back then, they were trailblazers. There weren’t any other pop stars walking around in Union Jack mini-dresses or sky-high Buffalo London platforms, a shoe style that originated from club kids but hit mainstream retailers after the group wore them.
Kate Carin, who served as the film’s costume designer, tells NYLON what we’d already known to be true: that working onwas a total dream job. Since the girls were already established characters with personalities and distinct styles, Carin used that as a springboard. “To be given the trust to have such a free rein was a gift. The girls needed to keep the essence of the roles they had already very successfully created, so we heightened them and expanded on them,” she explains.
Ahead, Carin shares memories from making the film that might inspire you to get a pair of platform boots and scream “Girl Power!”Geri Halliwell proved her own fashion-forward ingenuity when she asked her sister toto her Gucci dress to create her famous Union Jack look. One surprising tidbit that Carin shared was how the film provided the first-ever opportunity for the girls to have bespoke clothing made for them.
was when the girls complain about being stereotyped all the time, so they decide to try out new characters via a good old-fashioned montage, which Carin says was especially fun to create. If you pay attention to the lyrics in the song, “The Lady Is a Vamp,” from the album, you’ll notice that they all dress up as the characters mentioned in the tune. Ginger dresses up like Marilyn Monroe, while Scary dresses like Diana Ross. There’s also ahomage.
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