As the first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK began airing on BBC Three last week, local viewers were excited to see there were more than a fair few drag performers representing Manchester on the show this year. But, stomping into the Werkroom in a dark blue and black dress with matching bonnet, it was Lill who was perhaps the most instantly-recognisable of all the Manchester talent as she cheekily shrugged “what am I like” whilst holding a (slightly creepy) baby doll in the exact same outfit. And if the entrance outfit, co-designed by fellow Manchester queen Liquorice Black, wasn’t a good enough introduction to the wild world of Lill, then her two-in-one Queen Of Your Hometown look playing reference to both Oasis and The Hacienda certainly was.
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Lill's entrance outfit was c.