is this a Northern thing - Saturday nights out

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

We're staying in Leeds for the weekend, visiting DS who recently moved here. Fabulous city, loads going on.

We went out for a meal last night and I was amazed at what people were (or weren't!) wearing. The women were all amazingly made up and wearing incredibly skimpy outfits. I'm not criticising, but I was amazed that they weren't frozen (no jackets). They all looked incredibly glamorous.

The cities I'm used to are Cambridge, Nottingham, Bristol and London. My dc, now in their 20s, and their friends are in jeans, t-shirts, maybe a pretty top on a Saturday night. These women looked like they were going to a cocktail party but were only going to the pub.

The men also looked a lot smarter than I'm used to - they were in shirts rather than t shirts - but not as dressed up as the women.

I've got a friend who lives in Liverpool who is always talking about her daughters taking 4 hours to get ready for a Saturday night out, but I thought that was just confined to Liverpool. However, the women in Leeds look like they have spent hours getting ready. Lots of them also had a fake tan and their nails done beautifully.

So are northern lasses much more glamorous than us scruffy southerners? And if so, why?

Yes I'm in the next city to Leeds ( 9 miles away in Wakefield) it happens here too.. my daughter and her friends do it once a month ( used to be every sat night) brand new clothes.. nails done ( no fake tans) glamorous make up .. no coats ( where would you put them?). Males the same.. Best bib and tucker. Why would you not want to?
I did it in the 80s.. loved it.

Actually in my case it was the northern woman looking down on me and other women in the south. Called scruffy, no self respect etc.

I guess everyone can be judgemental.

I'm a southerner who's lived in Leeds for many years. Yes people really dress up for a night out here! I'm sure you noticed that some of the ladies look absolutely gorgeous and others.... Well we're not all born to be glamorous, are we?

This.

I can’t abide the sort of person that uses that sort of language to describe women, however they are dressed. You are the last person who should be passing judgement on sexist cultures.

Ahhh this thread again 😂 Can't you hear yourself OP?

I hate the myth that Liverpool females are mostly all dollied up all of the time. I detest the curlers in the hair while shopping /working, it's so tacky although I see it less nowadays.

yeh i lived in liverpool for 15 years. scouse ladies are more glam than any other city i reckon

I don't think you really mean glamorous do you? That's not really how you thought they looked, is it?

Nice to see the North/South divide is alive and kicking.

What a load of rubbish. There are plenty of places ‘down south’ where women dress up. Can’t believe people are acting like there’s a whole region where women don’t 🙄
Essex is well known for a certain kind of look, and dressing up. Also go on Instagram - plenty of women dressing up for nights out in London. You think people go to places like Sexy Fish and the Ivy in jeans and jumpers lol.

I recently went to a roof top bar near St Paul’s in the afternoon. There were two girls really dressed up constantly taking photos and posing. I’m from Manchester so doesn’t seem any different to the type of people that go to fancy bars there.

@littleripper I have no idea what you're talking about. I've not seen a thread like this before.

Yep northerner here. Very normal to spend hours getting ready. Get nails/ tan. Girls in tiny dresses and massive heels. Especially in cities. Mostly Fri/sat nights weekdays tend to be more studenty

I'm a scouser and still live in Merseyside and hell yeah getting ready is the most fun part of a night.
One of your mates thinks she's a cocktail queen, one is brilliant at makeup, another hair and the rest will be helping you choose outfits or telling you to shut up and deal with your painful heels.
Absolutely no coats, clutch bag only.
Nails, tan and lashes are all necessary.

Nowadays it's alot more glamorous because the younger generations are very much using fillers etc, Liverpool has a strong love island aesthetic.

I remember my first (only) ever weekend away down south, I did not get the memo. I did not go back either. Not because I didn't like it, it just felt like another world to me and I prefer my comfort zone.

It's really not just working class women though. Certainly not in Manchester. It's possibly more young women. My dd and her mates all went to either independent schools or selective grammars and their outfits going out in Manchester and incredible glam and revealing.

The really glam women tend to be in the really expensive Instagramable places. I was in Peter street kitchen a few weeks ago and there was some phenomenal outfits and lots of flesh on display. Our bill was £275 so I can't imagine they were all working class.

I'd love to be like this, all glamorous and done up. And also a 1950s day time look, all smart suits and a hat.

Bottom line, I can't be arsed though so good job I live down south.

The other odd thing about this northern style. It's all made up and glamorous but also, I believe, the champions of wearing pyjamas to do your shopping.

@EmmaGrundyForPM

theres more to life than jeans and jumper op

Liverpool is footballers wives level tho

I was thinking the other day that I don't dress up nearly as much as I used to. Now I'm wondering if it's because of moving away from the north.

IMO, it's not really a north/south divide - more a class divide; the same comments would be made about Essex girls on a night out in the West End. It's sneering at working class girls.

Middle class girls north and south don't do 'glamorous'.

Surely this can't be a surprise to you if you have spent time in Nottingham? Try walking through slab square and up to the bus stops on Upper Parliament Street on a Saturday late at night and count the coats.

Lots of this culture in both Nottingham and Leeds owes a lot to people travelling in from the surrounding small towns for a big night out on a Saturday, so it is more of a big occasion to dress for.

It's not just up north - Essex girls like to get dressed up too! At least they did 10 years ago.... I don't get out much these days 😅

Yes, glamorous. I don't know what other word you'd use? Obviously not all of them, but most of the women had perfect hair, nails, dressy outfits.

I just felt very under dressed

This absolutely.
There have already been thinly veiled digs at Northern women.
Having lived in the North for half my life, I know where I'd rather be....even if I don't leave home without a coat 😂

We stayed in a budget chain hotel when doing a Uni open day in Leeds with DC. Went out for a meal and were stunned by the number of people turning up dolled up to the nines with wheely suitcases and the security guard by the lift checking room keys.

Thankfully it's not obligatory though, or I can imagine it would be exhausting. I lived in Leeds when I was younger and visit regularly now. Those who want to dress up dress up, those that don't don't. I've never felt out of place or judged for wearing jeans, boots and a shirt out in Leeds.

Everyone rubs along together and has a good time in a great city.