TWELVE 7

Thank you to the Glamazon Diaries for posting a nice little segment on how to pronounce designer names. (Elle and Valet also posted something like this too!) Now you can shop and talk fashion like a Roitfeld!

A

1. Abaete: Ah-bye-ah-tay


2. Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo


3. Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen (rhymes with “ten”)


4. Andy The-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann


5. Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march


6. Arthur Mendonca: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa

B

1. Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka


2. Balenciaga: Bah-len-see-AH-gah


3. Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta


4. Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree


5. Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some

C

1. Cacharel: Cash-er-el


2. Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era


3. Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee


4. Chaiken: Chay-ken


5. Chanel: Shuh-nel


6. Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)


7. Christian Dior: Dee-yor


8. Commes des Garcons: Comb day Garse-on, gentle ‘on’ sound on the end

D

1. Dolce & Gabbana: Dole-chay


2. Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten

E

1. Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya


2. Etro: Eh-tro

F

1. Fendi: Fend-ee

G

1. Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew


2. Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin


3. Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee


4. Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley


5. Gianfranco Ferre: Sj-yawn-franco Fair-ay


6. Gucci: Goo-chee


7. Guy Laroche: Ghee La-roash
    

H

1. Haute couture: If you say ?Hot Kew-ture? or Kucher, you?ll want to change that to ?oat ku tour?


2. Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn


3. Hermes: Air-mez


4. Herve Leger: Air-vay Lay-jay


5. Hussein Chalayan: Who-sane Sha-lion

I

1. Issey Miyake: Eees-Ay Me-Yah-Kee not Is-he

J

1. Jean Paul Gaultier: Sj-awn Paul Goat-ee-ay


2. Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock


3. Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay

L

1. Lacroix: La-kwah


2. Lanvin: Lon-vin (“vin” also rhymes with the French word for “wine”)


3. Loewe: Low-ev-ay


4. Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton


5. Lucien Pellat-Finet: Lu-see-en Peh-lought Fin-ay

M

1. Madame Gres: Madame Gray


2. Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa


3. Marithe Francois Girbaud: Jer-bo


4. Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay


5. Missoni: Miss-own-ee


6. Moschino: Mo-ski-no


7. Monique Lhullier: Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay

N

1. Narciso Rodriguez: Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez


2. Nicolas Ghesquiere: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air

O

1. Olivier Theyskens: Oli-vier Tay-skins

P

1. Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain


2. Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er not Schoo-ler

R

1. Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)


2. Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo


3. Rodarte: Ro-dart-tay

S

1. 6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)


2. Sonia Rykiel: Sonia Ree-kee-eel


3. Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee


4. Swarovski: swore-off-ski

T

1. Thakoon: Ta-koon


2. Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay


3. Tibi: Tbi (not Tee-bee)


4. Tocca: Toe-ka

V

1. Versace: Ver-saw-chee or Ver-sawch-eh with a soft ‘eh’ on the end NOT Vur-sace


2. Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay

Y

1. Yves Saint Laurent: Eve-san-Laur-ahnt


2. Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

halfsister:

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