Frasurbane Captured Nineties Suburban Sophistication

During the 1990s, a postmodern design style combined experimental grunge influences with the polished tastes of increasingly affluent suburban Baby Boomers. It frequently used serif fonts, muted colors, classical imagery, and sophisticated interior decor in advertising, stores, and homes. Researchers later named the aesthetic "Frasurbane," combining "Frasier," the NBC sitcom that debuted in 1993, with "urbane" to reflect its cultivated, upper-middle-class image.

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