Open Letter To Geri Halliwell: It's Time To Put The Legwarmers Away, The It's Raining Men Video Was 11 Years Ago

Posted: 29/02/12

Philippa Warr

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Dear Geri,

We've noticed a bit of a trend in recent times for you revisiting fashion moments past.

First there was the whole Union Jack dress shenanigans for Next. One of our commenters was at pains to point out that although we were referring to it as a Union Jack dress strictly speaking it's only a Jack when flown at sea. Well, dear commenter, we fear that we were correct in our terminology because, Geri, you do appear to be slightly at sea, casting around through style moments past for a fashionable rock.

The latest is the legwarmers look, as modelled by you in the video for It's Raining Men nearly 11 years back and suddenly making a reappearance yesterday in London.

Open letter to Geri Halliwell: It's time to put the legwarmers away, the It's Raining Men video was 11 years ago Photo: Rex

Obviously the February weather precluded you stepping out in the rest of the outfit (which consists of black knickers and a cropped vest top) but the warning signs were there.

We're worried. Specifically, we're worried you're on a slippery slope back towards this:

Open letter to Geri Halliwell: It's time to put the legwarmers away, the It's Raining Men video was 11 years ago Photo: Rex

NEVER FORGET.

Love MyDaily x

P.S. Here's the video so you can watch it. For research purposes, obv.

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