1996 // We get a full-on makeover. Because who needs a front door when you can have gates?!
Check out some of our storefronts over the years.
Green Neon. So blinding.
The birth of our gate stores.
The tunnel stores!
Street store front.
TA-DA! Our store now.
Check out some of our storefronts over the years.
I love the gated doors! Why aren’t they like that anymore? It was way cooler looking.
I come from the mid 90s to early 2000s era Hot Topic. I’m smiling right now because the second and third pictures bring back MAJOR memories. I even put on Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare All) by Type O Negative as soundtrack.
Good times! You should consider creating a retro Hot Topic store. It would only sell alternative clothing and merchandise circa 1990 to 2004. It would have storefront and decor as seen in the second picture. I assure you it would draw a crowd. Us fogeys like to reminisce sometimes. 😉
Oh my god, back in the mid 2000s when i was younger i used to be TERRIFIED of hot topic because of their big scary gates. i think they got rid of them (at least in my local mall) before i started shopping there myself.