{"id":558282,"date":"2026-07-20T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558282\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:33:10","slug":"mel-c-marries-model-chris-dingwall-in-a-custom-victoria-beckham-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558282\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel C marries model Chris Dingwall in a custom Victoria Beckham dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spice Girl Mel C has married Australian model Chris Dingwall wearing a custom look designed by bandmate Victoria Beckham.<\/p>\n

Sporty Spice, real name Melanie Chisholm, tied the knot in the Lake District on Saturday wearing a custom Victoria Beckham ivory lace silk slip dress.<\/p>\n

Dingwall, who wore a black tuxedo, proposed to Chisolm while the pair were on holiday in Mallorca in July 2025.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisChris Dingwall and Melanie Chisholm (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

She said although she did not see it coming, or ever plan to have a big wedding, when he proposed she felt it was \u201cright\u201d.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old told British Vogue, which had exclusive access to the wedding day: \u201cI\u2019ve had this awakening in my 50s \u2013 I\u2019m very comfortable in my skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, you know what, this is a part of my story. When you\u2019re my age you\u2019re like\u2026 I actually want to experience all of the things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three of her Spice Girls bandmates \u2013 Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell \u2013 attended the wedding.<\/p>\n

Beckham said of the dress design: \u201cMelanie is quite minimalist and didn\u2019t want anything too fussy, conceptual or overly complicated \u2013 this is all very aligned with what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK celebration came after the couple had a legal ceremony in Sydney where Mel C\u2019s \u201csomething borrowed\u201d came from Posh Spice\u2019s own wardrobe \u2013 which inspired the dress for the big day.<\/p>\n

\"VictoriaVictoria Beckham (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

Chisolm added: \u201cVictoria was so excited about being able to do this for me, and having her and (daughter) Scarlett there every step of the way has been very special. Plus, I just love her clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking about Dingwall, she added: \u201cThe spark was immediate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 49 when I met Chris and I was in a really good place. We had a date in Australia, and it\u2019s been difficult to separate us ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said Dingwall \u201cfits perfectly\u201d with her and Scarlett and has been \u201ca beautiful addition\u201d to their lives.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI\u2019m a single mum. My daughter is 17, and we\u2019re pretty resilient the two of us, we\u2019re a team. For anybody coming into our world\u2026 it was going to be tough, and he just fits perfectly. It\u2019s a beautiful dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mel C was 20 when the Spice Girls were formed in 1994 with the group rocketing to fame after the release of Wannabe.<\/p>\n

She has since launched her solo career and recently released her ninth album, Sweat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spice Girl Mel C has married Australian model Chris Dingwall wearing a custom look designed by bandmate Victoria…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-558282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}