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 ...

Proudly stitched, stamped, or stuck on tea towels and baby clothes, luggage and stationery, even the rear windows of cars, monograms are ubiquitous in the South. They date back to early Greece and ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Charlie Tran always knows what items are his. He labels everything with his initials. In recent years, ...

A dozen stories up, in a building overlooking Union Square, six artisans sit in white lab coats with magnifying glasses, painstakingly working on Goyard handbags and luggage. Not stitching them, but ...

Monograms may have you thinking of your mother’s "fancy" napkins, kickass royal crests, and other dated, preppy, and overly-precious items of the past, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Traditional ...

Two initials are merged so each be read from different angles in this 3D-printed metal jewellery (+ slideshow). Design agency Ultravirgo's Mymo service creates 3D monograms by digitally combining any ...

Call me conceited, but I love having my name on things. From pajama sets to tote bags to jewelry, if I can monogram it, I want it. Perhaps this stems from having an older sister who claimed anything ...