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 ...

The interesting history behind our shared pastime of personalizing anything that will stand still enough. If you are Southern, you probably love monograms. Period. Full stop. If you don't, you've ...

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 ...

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 others use them as a way to get their hard-to-find ...

There’s a certain charm to walking into a Southern home and spotting three elegantly stitched initials on a hand towel, a julep cup, or even a dog’s collar. Monograms aren’t just decoration around ...

Whether you’re personalizing a beautiful wedding gift of bath towels, pillowcases, table linens or other items, or simply adding a monogram to a shirt pocket or cuff, there are some basic guidelines ...

A little while ago, I wrote a post about Bernie Madoff's former possessions from his New York Penthouse that were auctioned off this month. Of the many expensive, often ostentatious, items ...