Liverpool's mycapital of COOL; New York style queen Kira Jolliffe tells DAWN COLLINSON why we're trendier than Manhattan.(Features)

From: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | Date: September 20, 2002 | Copyright information

SUPERMODELS who usually stay in bed for less than pounds 10,000, work free for Kira Jolliffe.

But the woman who is the toast of Manhattan's fashion elite has a new passion: for Liverpool.

And she says she loves everything about the city's style - pyjamas, shell suits and all.

``Everyone is cooler in Liverpool than New York, and much cooler than London,'' declares Kira, with no hint of false flattery.

``Its real quality is that, compared ...