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'Too many monograms?'
Even by my whacked standards, this one's likely a bit too odd. It's certainly obscurely slanted, of course—as befits our 'think about things and then decide for yourself' angle.
Subject? Presentation… more specifically 'style, elegance, subtlety & wit'.
In 'Too many monograms?', Carlton Banks asks:
Is it possible to be wearing too many monograms?
Would it just look too pretentious to have something like a monogrammed shirt and belt buckle at the same time, or to be that guy whose shirts are all monogrammed?
Not that I do, this is just a thought. Thanks.
Gotta love that self-excusing 'not that I do', haven't we?
Naval gents and Cary Grant aficionados will of course know 'elegance is understatement' and hence keep such adornment to a bare minimum (one item at a time), or none at all.
For the uncouth Yank who posited: 'BTW, I kinda like the Polo shirts with the owner's monogram instead of a pony. Somebody else called it tacky, but I've sure seen lots tackier.', there's this from the same piece:
There was, though, a period in the '80s when, in the 'Preppy Handbook', the wonderful Ms Birnbach told everyone to monogram anything in sight.
Unfortunately many a person failed to note the satire and ended up with clothes that looked like spelling bee crib notes, dinner tables looking like a louche hotel out to loudly advertise itself to anyone happening to glance downward, and perhaps most silly of all… cars sporting not only vanity plates but also vanity monograms on the doors—looking as if they were just stolen from institutions for the alphabetically-challenged.
Look, fool… monograms should always be understated. They should not be too easily seen—certainly not on the cuff! They should be subtleties waiting to be found on the signet ring, handkerchiefs, body of the shirt, money clip, lighter, etcetera.
Long-story-short… who among us isn't aware that anything beyond 'a signet ring and a couple handkerchiefs' is simply gauche? Tssh-tssh—shame on you. I'm sure you simply momentarily forgot.
Indeed! Eminently well-wrought and sensible advice, too. Alas many people don't know or simply ignore such wisdom… which perhaps/likely explains the common incidence of really dire presentations and communiques.
You'll have to be blind or just really stupid to not know what I mean… I'm panning the crap with lots of !!!s and ALL CAPS.
Filed by g on October 28 2009 
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