It was through our engagement photo slideshow that I first heard the song “Our Love is Here to Stay”, sung by Ella Fitzgerald. I had let our photographer pick out the song for the slideshow and I thought that his choice was very fitting, both in lyrics…
It’s very clear our love is here to stay.
Not for a year, but ever and a day.
The radio and the telephone.
And the movies that we know.
May just be passing fancies and in time may go.
But, oh my dear, our love is here to stay.
and in the early to mid twentieth century jazz vocal style. So when I saw this print
Poster by enormouschampion of Brooklyn, NY
I was irresistibly drawn to it. I guess my love for all things paper and with graphic designs is here to stay too ^_- . But at $80 (incl. shipping), the price is pretty steep for a print. Nevertheless, I put it on my Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary wish list and kept hoping that it doesn’t run out 6 months from now since it’s limited edition. Btw, they have other drool-worthy prints that I’m loving over at their website.
So Rob and I were hanging around in the city yesterday and had some time to kill before our dinner reservation. On a whim, we moseyed over to the nearby Urban Outfitters since they always have cool and interesting things to look at. I was browsing around and in between this and this, was this…
Urban Outfitters Version
On close inspection, it’s not nearly as nice as the silk screened, limited edition versions directly from enormouschampion. I think that Urban Outfitter’s printing company, PrintRun, did a half-assed job printing these out because there were stray ink spots and some unevenness here and there. This is such a shame because it really is a great design and great graphic design isn’t anything without good production quality. You lose some of the crispness, detail, impact, etc. Sorry, I had a brief background in graphic design so it bothers me when a design isn’t represented well. So anyways, despite all that, I still bought it. It was on sale for $20 after 65% off! I’m still hoping to get the original limited edition print someday but that might never happen, so I’m willing to settle for the cheapo version for now.
