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During the Middle Ages, artisans began marking their work with initials to show the bespoke or one-of-a-kind nature of the pieces they sold. Three-letter monograms, as we know them today, gained ...
In the '80s, the prep set gave monograms a bad rap as a showy kind of status symbol. Recently, though, the little initials have come back into vogue. Irreverent menswear designer Mark McNairy, the ...
Monograms are magic, in my book. Take an ordinary piece of cloth, like a pillowcase or napkin, and embroider on a monogram, and you’ve transported it from ho-hum to tres chic.
Monograms present a stylized view of initials or an abbreviation for the name of your company. In a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you can use a monogram to represent an individual with ...
Monogram experts agree that the most beautiful letters to monogram are M, W, B, E, A and S. More difficult to pull off are J, I, F and L, she said. What if the initials spell something?
Monograms are just more than a group of letters. Some people use them to stake a claim on their items. Others just like the way they look - and yet ...
They fit great and look swank, but now I’m questioning the decision to get my initials monogrammed on the cuff. Is a discreet monogram classy? Or is it douchey, like, “Look at me, ...
For the clothes, you can swap out the iconic logo for your initials in one of 12 different monogram styles, from country club-ready formal scripts to simple typewriter fonts.
Dallas-based entertaining extraordinaire Kimberly Schlegel Whitman is the queen of tablescapes and monograms. In her new book out this month, Monograms for the Home, she delves into the history of ...
Monogramming - from hand-embossed initials on Gucci bags to Ferragamo's Red Carpet customized shoes - is a surefire way to add an extra level of panache to luxury goods.