Male and female soldiers are not required to wear headgear to evening social events (after Retreat) when wearing the Army blue and white uniforms, the enlisted greendress uniform, the Army green maternity dress uniform (females only), or the mess and evening mess uniforms.
The Spice Girls, who were the hottest female group of the 1990s, consisted of Mel B, aka Scary Spice, Melanie Chisholm, aka Sporty Spice, Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, and Victoria Beckham, whom everyone knew as Posh Spice.
In October, the Spice Girls released the first single from Spiceworld, Spice Up Your Life. This entered in the UK charts at number one making it the girls' fifth consecutive number one hit single. That same month, Simon Fuller took the Spice Girls east to perform their first live major concert in Istanbul, Turkey.