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Does anyone know where the net curtains have gone?

  • September 24, 2009
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Look, they have still got some colours, so they are still the group we all fell in love with back in 2008. But look! They are also 'elegant' and 'draped' and 'womanly' and 'secondal­bu­mu­lar' — they have 'matured with their audience' while 'not turning their backs on them'. 

Meanwhile, someone on the Popjustice forums had a bit of a dick around with it and came up with this…

…which is unar­gu­ably better.

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