Spice Up Your Life

The Spice girls are coming out with a new album, and I just had a scary thought: what if they influence fashion in the same way they did in the '90s? If you don't remember how they changed the world, let me remind you:

• Animal print.
• 7 inch platform shoes, sandals, heels, sneakers...
• Everything in a bright and/or offensive color.
• Skin tight tube dresses pulled up to give-grandma-a-heart-attack heights.
• Little girls must always run around thrusting two fingers in the form of the "peace" symbol in your face, all while screaming "GIRL POWER!" in their best fake British accents.
• Babydoll dresses and pigtails.

With baited breath I immediately searched YouTube for the video to their single "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)," to see what they've become. First of all, I was actually happy to see the original line-up return: Geri (Ginger), Emma (Baby), Victoria (Posh), Mel C. (Sporty), and Mel B. (Scary). However, they all seem to have shed their previous Spice-personas for a more sophisticated version of their former selves. With the possible exception of Mrs. Victoria Beckham, who looks as Posh as ever.

Check it out for yourself:



We'll have to wait and see just how successful the girls are with their comeback. I doubt they'll be as successful this time around, but they're getting a pretty good start in the fashion department: Roberto Cavalli has agreed to supply costumes for their upcoming tour, starting December 2 in Vancouver. Apparently he is a good friend of Victoria Beckham's, and was thrilled to get involved in the tour... I wish he was my friend too.

Where can you find it?
But their new single now at iTunes, or check out their Greatest Hits record.