I will never forget the look I got from a friend when I announced that someday I will own an "H"ermès. Eek! And I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been in that situation. Fret not ladies. Armed with these correct pronunciations, you'll never ever embarrass yourself again. In fact, you may just become the new expert on designer names.
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Alessandro Dell'Acqua: Ala-SAND-roe Del-LA-kwa
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Altuzarra: Ahl-too-Zah-rah
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Anna Sui: Anna Swee
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Ann Demeulemeester: Ann De-mule-eh-meester
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Azzedine Alaia: Azz-eh-deen Ah-lie-ah
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Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-kah
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Balenciaga: Bah-len-see-ah-gah
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Balmain: Bahl-Meh
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Bottega Veneta: Bow-tay-guh Vah-netta
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Burberry Prorsum: BUR-bur-ree Proar-SOME
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Christian Lacroix: Christian Luh-kwa
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Christian Louboutin: Christian Loo-boo-tan
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Comme Des Garçons: Comb Dey Gah-sown
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Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
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Giambattista Valli: Gee-am-bah-tease-ta Vah-lee
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Gianfranco Ferre: Gee-ahn-franco Feh-ray
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Givenchy: Zjee-von-shee
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Hermès: Er-mez
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Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jah
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Jean Paul Gaultier: Zhon Paul Go-tee-ay
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Kinder Aggugini: Kinder Ag-ooh-gee-nee
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Lanvin: Lahn-vahn
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Loewe: Loh-wev-eh
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Louis Vuitton: Loo-wee Vwee-tahn
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L'Wren Scott: La-ren Scott
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Marchesa: Mar-kay-sah
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Monique Lhuillier: Monique Le-hu-lee-ay
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Moschino: Mos-key-no
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Proenza Schouler: Pro-en-zuh Skool-er
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Rochas: Row-shahs
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Rodarte: Row-dar-tay
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Roksanda Ilincic: Roksanda Ill-in-chik
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Salvatore Ferragamo: Sal-vah-tor-re Fer-ra-gah-moh
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Sonia Rykiel: Sewn-yah Ree-key-el
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Versace: Vur-sah-chee
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Yves Saint Laurent: Eve San Lau-ron
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Yohji Yamamoto: Yoh-jee Yam-ah-mo-to
Comments
Rebecca: Most of these should be easy to pronounce. You just sound them out. Have we all forgotten what our teachers said when they thought us to read? You just gotta sound it out these are not that hard to pronounce.
Sapna: Liked the article
QueenJ: I like how you put it in alphabetical order
Lineee: I must admit that this was very helpful but some of the French brands like Louis Vuitton, givenchy,louboutin, or jean Paul gautier are spelled wrong. You're actually spelling them harder than they're pronounced
shannon: Love them all
Ruby1037: I don't know how but I got all of them. And I've never heard of most of then.
QueenJ: I like how you put it in alphabetical order
Flor: I don't know but its gonna be fun using this as face exercise xD
Zee: Very insightful
heyy123: I agree with Kelly, wrong pronounciation for the french designers
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