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 ...

Take, for instance, the monogram issue. In college when my sorority friends had their initials blazoned on their crew-neck sweaters, last initial big and centered, my NJM, raised questions.

Is the monogram the mark of a douchebag ... well to remember this history and consider a low-key placement of block letters no more than a quarter-inch tall. It would be Euro to aim for the ...

Though monograms have long offered a traditional way to do so, the initials have been given a modern spin by interior designer Michael Coyne. The owner of Michael Coyne Design Detroit who has a ...