Do people dress up more in Liverpool?

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

Just watching the news and they are reporting on Liverpool re Covid. The footage shows people out in bars and pubs and they are incredibly dressed up, especially the women.

My DC are in their early 20s, so similar age to those being shown. When they and their friends go clubbing they all tend to wear jeans and the women might wear a slightly smarter top but often not.

The report showed women in amazing dresses and heels, plus hair, make up etc all immaculate. Is it a "thing" in Liverpool or is it just that my DC and their friends are ultra scruffy? I live in Cambridge and am fairly sure that younger people here don't on the whole dress up like that unless it's a particular "special" occasion like a 21st birthday. Not just for a regular Saturday night out.

It's a thing. I'm in Manchester but go out in Liverpool sometimes. I wear totally different types of outfits for each city - if I'm out in Liverpool I will get very dressed up, heels, fake lashes etc but for Manchester I'm way more casual. Liverpool is very glam for nightlife on the whole. My best friend is a scouser but hasn't lived there for 20 years. She's still one of the most glam people I know, she makes 100% effort just to go to the shops. I would find it exhausting but it's just second nature to her. I also went to uni in Liverpool and my housemates and I would make a fair bit of effort back then because you just kind of get used to it being a dressy place.

Totally agree about the diverse kinds of bars/pubs/clubs
And the sheer density. Fall out if one place straight into another. Not much walking required.
Even better the ease of getting a Black cab home. I thought everywhere was like this but it isn’t .

I've always thought that Liverpool seems like a fantastic place to live! It's almost as though as Liverpudlians are one big family, and it's a great city with loads to do.

I love the 'getting dressed up to go out' thing too. I'm in a very boring town in the east of England where people aren't very friendly on the whole and there's nowhere to go out to in the first place, let alone get dressed up to go to. I bet the lovely ladies of Liverpool have brilliant nights out!

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@EvaporatedHour

I've always thought that Liverpool seems like a fantastic place to live! It's almost as though as Liverpudlians are one big family, and it's a great city with loads to do.

I love the 'getting dressed up to go out' thing too. I'm in a very boring town in the east of England where people aren't very friendly on the whole and there's nowhere to go out to in the first place, let alone get dressed up to go to. I bet the lovely ladies of Liverpool have brilliant nights out!

it is a nice place to live, although there's good and bad parts like anywhere else.

You've got a very vibrant city centre and within 10-15 minutes on the train or car you've got a nice coast line in Sefton with lovely coast walks and beaches. Same in The Wirral with New Brighton down to West Kirkby.

In the south end of the city you've got several lovely parks, you've got the Otterspool promenade. Good culture with the theatres, art galleries, museums etc and it's a good day or night out around town, friendly people etc.

However, the city has not been without its struggles. It was heavily targeted during the war by bombings, suffered a lot of post-industrial decline after the war, culminating in the Thatcher years. It's been particularly ravaged by austerity since 2010 and now these Covid measures coming in. There's a lot of potential in the city, but looks like tough years ahead for a lot of places.

I don’t think this is a Northern thing and it’s far too broad a statement to say most women in the North are like this. I’m in Yorkshire and I don’t think ‘most women’ dress up crazily at all.

Yeah, first time I went up to the grand national, me and my friend were panic buying summers dresses and high heels in the morning after feeling very frumpy the night before when we saw how everyone else was dressed for ladies day 😂

"I'm south coast and in the 90's when I used to go clubbing etc most people dressed up. I used to wear tight, short dresses, lacy tops, heels. We'd all do our hair and full on makeup. It seemed to change in the 2000's. Jeans and a 'nice top' was dressing up. Made me feel a bit sad because it used to be fun getting ready and made an evening feel more special"

Yeah I live on south coast too, and the above is very true. We used to get much more dressed up for a night out than seems to be the case now.

It's a bit disingenuous to suggest that "jeans and a nice top" takes less effort or thought. I am a proper southern softie , but spent ages and a fortune on the right jeans with just enough midrift, the right bra for your teeny tiny t-shirt, serious money on trainers that you wouldn't dream of running in, very carefully applied "natural" make up. A few absolute rules either clevage or legs, not both. I only wore heels for weddings, would dream of dancing in them! My vintage is 1995-2001. Very London based

Proper scruffy jeans are different

I moved to liverpool 3 years ago and have noticed its very full on. And i wouldnt say its an increase in disposable income. All my scouse girlfriends get lipfillers, botox, eyebrow microblading, eyelash extentions and tanning beds all on credit cards that they never seem to pay off just add to. Have to admit i hate the horrible trend here for wearing pjs and curlers out in public and to shops as if people will think oh great shes going on the lash tonight. That said dressing up for nights out is fun amd we dont do enough of it down south. Im always the underdressed one on nights out lol.

I live in cambs and the young uns absolutely do dress up to the nines for a night out. I've seen some absolute states (male and female) in my time.

@Shaniac

I moved to liverpool 3 years ago and have noticed its very full on. And i wouldnt say its an increase in disposable income. All my scouse girlfriends get lipfillers, botox, eyebrow microblading, eyelash extentions and tanning beds all on credit cards that they never seem to pay off just add to. Have to admit i hate the horrible trend here for wearing pjs and curlers out in public and to shops as if people will think oh great shes going on the lash tonight. That said dressing up for nights out is fun amd we dont do enough of it down south. Im always the underdressed one on nights out lol.

Ever increasingly defensive Scouser here - I don’t get fillers, micro blading, eyelash extensions or go on a tanning bed. I don’t go out in rollers or my pjs either. I dress up for a night out in heels and a dress. I don’t even know what this thread is about anymore??

If you frequent the brewery tap rooms you'll find lots of women dress down for a night out. But yes beauty and fashion are big business in Liverpool.

@CandleWick4 just because you dont doesnt mean a huge percentage of women here dont. Its not just my friends, its their friends, people i work with, a huge percentage of women i see on nights out. You can usually tell the students because they dress so differently.

[quote Shaniac]@CandleWick4 just because you dont doesnt mean a huge percentage of women here dont. Its not just my friends, its their friends, people i work with, a huge percentage of women i see on nights out. You can usually tell the students because they dress so differently.[/quote]
Again I disagree. A ‘huge percentage’ is wrong, some women do this but it’s totally misleading to say a huge percentage of women in Liverpool are walking round with fillers and micro bladed brows with false tans.

Ok then its my opinion its a huge percentage, given most women i talk to every day have at least one or more of these procedures done. I dont encounter many women who dont. Im not sure why this offends you, i didnt say it was all women just about 95% i speak to every day and i didnt say having these things made them bad people, just it seems very common. That and on fb i am constantly being added by salons in my area of liverpool offering these treatments so i assume its quiet widespread.

The older ladies too usually have beautiful nails and nice clothes.
Liverpool ladies are very glam.

I’ve definitely noticed it, in all age groups and even just for a day shopping. I’ve noticed that even the very elderly look like pensioners in Milan: men in olive puffer jacket, neat chinos or dark jeans and smart brown shoes.
It’s definitely specifically a Liverpool thing.

I found this when I lived there. Honestly, it was one of the few things that I really didn't like about Liverpool as, when I went out with new friends, it was absolutely expected that you would be done up in heels and a tiny dress and an inch of make up, none of which I like or suit. Otherwise very nice people were quite rude about it, with comments of "You look like a bloke" and similar at parties from people I hardly knew.
I like to look nice if I'm going out but had a very different style to the women I made friends with.

Interesting about the idea of it being a Celtic thing. My mum's family are Irish travellers and so there was a similar culture when visiting her family growing up. My dad's family (also Irish, not travellers) was very different in that regard, the fashion for women being much more conservative for them and within our own house.

My heated rollers arrived today. Yes, they do make you more glam

I’m wearing lipstick! We should have a Be More Scouse hashtag to cheer ourselves up in these dark times.

Sorry missed a few pages, but i just wanted to say anyone who thinks this is a reflection of a patriarchy in Liverpool has clearly never met a Liverpool nan. The men don't get a look in. What your nan says goes for the men and the women in Liverpool, they rule the roost. Liverpool families are definitely matriarchal in my experience!

And the dressing up is definitely a thing. My mum tells me of ladies in the 60s with their rollers in and a headscarf on shopping in the city centre on a Saturday afternoon noon ready for a night out at the bingo / social club. It's not a new thing.

There's not a lot of money in some areas of Liverpool, but people prioritise hair, lashes, nails and that's their choice.