You really are so vain

Nov 8 2007 by Emma Pinch, Liverpool Daily Post

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Indeed, attributing a fondness for tanning, manicures and hair extensions to those aforementioned high priestesses of preening is a misnomer, says Lorraine.

“I don’t think Liverpool girls are as fascinated by WAGs as the rest of the country,” she says, adding that the volume of “obsessed” calls from wannabe Alexes and Coleens usually come from farther afield.

“In Liverpool, it’s been a tradition to get dressed up since the ’60s and the Cavern era.

“At the Juicy store (in Cavern Walks) we have girls of four and six who are really into what they are wearing. They’re used to their mothers being interested in it. It’s a culture and people love coming to Liverpool to see it, because people are fascinated by it. Everybody likes seeing people who have made an effort to look good.”

Leon Skidmore, manager of male grooming salon, Voodou for Him, believes Liverpool men do not set the style stakes alight as much as their female counterparts, despite the legions coming to his salon for facials and manicures, and is bemused by their attachment to the mirror.

“I would have thought they would have come a bit further down the list than that.

“Liverpool men, and women from other cities, still have to catch up with Liverpool girls.”

His response to the survey’s female findings is one that many local blokes would do well to agree with.

“Liverpool girls have a right to look in the mirror because they’re the best looking in England.”

Quite.

emmapinch@dailypost.co.uk