Gay Nineties Revival

ゲイ・ナインティーズ・リバイバル / late 1960s–late 1970s / Style / Historical Styles

A late-1960s and 1970s revival of 1890s shops, rooms, and lettering as warm popular nostalgia. It is warmer than historical Victorian design, gathering brass, medium-dark wood, ferns, faux Tiffany glass, and old-fashioned lettering around food and entertainment.

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At a glance

Visual cues

Brown, orange, antique gold, maroon, and pale lime
Oak, brass, colored glass, and indoor ferns
Heavy rounded serifs, swashes, and curved sign lettering
Theatrical saloons, sweet shops, and entertainment venues

Best used for

Giving hospitality or confectionery the approachable 1970s idea of the 1890s
Comparing a revival’s warm commercial editing with its Victorian source

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Dictionary entry

Type: Use a rounded heavy serif and curved swashes for the short shop name, then return body copy to a small oldstyle face.
Composition: Gather signs, lamps, and plants around the entrance and repeat warm focal points inward.
Material: Use medium oak, brass, colored glass, and velvet while retaining a newly made 1970s finish.
Caution: Indiscriminate Victorian props become a period set. Make the revival’s warm color, heavy type, and hospitable commercial use explicit.
Further study: 1970s revival of the 1890s / Herb Lubalin and period display type / hospitality nostalgia

Related entries

Art Nouveau (アール・ヌーヴォー)Same Historical Styles lineage.Compare Gay Nineties Revival and Art Nouveau
70’s Retro (70年代レトロ)Shared effects: Exhilaration / Intimacy / Nostalgia.Compare Gay Nineties Revival and 70’s Retro

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