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How The Smiths Pioneered Normcore

Chris Heath, GQ, 20 September 2015

They were the original normcores – a band of outsiders who took pains to dress as though they’d found their clothes at a rummage sale. But of course, nothing’s harder than looking effortlessly stylish. And as Chris Heath reveals, the band put more thought into what they were wearing than they ever let on.

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