Is There a Word for when #Vintage Trends make a Return? #Reinvintagion? @GQMagazine brings the question to mind when they talk about @Armani & #iKEA @ikeaitalia @ikeaUSA, & asking @Bing brings up ...

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'That word' (well, the word that 'that word' is based on ... below-hyperlinked to an offer on a subscription to GQ Magazine) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Vintage” is built on ancient words that mean Wine, |Distributed- or Taken from the Vine (the sense shifted from 'the Harvest of the |Grapes' to 'that Harvest's Year,' then to a general adjectival sense of 'being from |Olden-Times'---applied to |Cars, then to ... other things (Comic-Books, Baseball-Cards, Senior-Citizens, |Collectors' |Items ...))
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the word I'm looking-for could be "a revival," but that's
 already being used for so many things ...

'My need for that word' came when a recent few articles in GQ said that '`90s Armani (as opposed to the `80s Armani's "vessel for masculine decadence")- and basic, modular IKEA furniture-are now returning to the trend-lists'

I asked Microsoft Bing (in this- and a few other-ways) what the word I'm looking-for was, and they just replied as though "word for" (or "the word for" or "what's the word for") hadn't been in my search!

    But I'm a media hound who'll attack 'the bone you throw him' whether it's the treat he's begging-for or not ... and (among other, less-interesting results) Master Bing threw me:
  • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57118/83-old-slang-phrases-we-should-bring-back
  • https://www.learnreligions.com/rule-of-three-2562822
  • https://kimsaeed.com/2019/10/10/13-unsettling-things-narcissists-do-when-they-think-no-one-is-looking/
  • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49956/10-old-sayings-we-need-bring-back
  • https://www.pouted.com/outdated-fashion-trends-coming-back-in-2018/
  • https://www.popsugar.com/fashion/trends-making-a-comeback-in-2020-46997165
  • https://www.bustle.com/articles/169355-12-old-words-and-phrases-that-are-making-a-comeback
  • https://www.southernliving.com/home/decor/retro-home-trends
  • https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/vintage-home-trends-that-are-making-a-comeback/

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