NEW WAVES ｜ NANCY MCNULTY
-The Lizard Queen on reptile reverence, creative versatility and ruling her own fashion kingdom
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We all know that chameleons can acclimatise to any situation with ease, morphing their scales into a colourful illusion. Multi-faceted creative, The Lizard Queen, functions with a natural adaptability in much the same way – minus a gruelling appetite for insects. When she’s not shooting through a wide-angle lens or editing fire looks in heatmap colours, Nancy McNulty sits on her scaled scaled throne in COLD BLOODED KINGDOM (CBK); her self-launched fashion brand of avant-garde clothing for everyday wear. Through gel-spiked hair, occasional fairy wings and a penchant for sheer gloves, she bends fashion imagery into her own chromatic utopia where self-expression is the only parameter to live by.
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Prior to studying BA Fashion Styling and Production at LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION, McNulty had set out as an avid vocalist: “I realised that I was more focused on the imagery and outfits of my favourite musicians, and that’s when it clicked that I was going into the wrong industry for my stage-frightened self.” Now she’s a one-woman-band in fashion. From photography to modelling there is no stopping the artist’s dexterity: she’s styled CHI VIRGO in a plethora of pearls, shot her mum as a zodiac goddess and lensed the imitable JGRREY. Her visual portfolio emits the same nostalgia of retro-zines; crinkled homemade collages that test playful boundaries in creative direction.
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In that one Simpsons episode, when Lisa emerged from a swamp and declared “I am The Lizard Queen!” it naturally set off McNulty’s reptile radar. It was in second year at uni that she scanned her pet snake into a Medusa-like fabric design for CBK’s launch collection. Years later, she has slithered towards a distinct aesthetic that combines camp fantasy with “an interpretive mixture of nature and technology,” she explains. One thing’s for sure: if versatility was a game, McNulty would place right at the top of its leaderboard.
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