Are You Pronouncing These Designer Brand Names Correctly?

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

Altuzarra: Ahl-too-Zah-rah

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Anna Sui: Anna Swee

Ann Demeulemeester: Ann De-mule-eh-meester

Azzedine Alaia: Azz-eh-deen Ah-lie-ah

Famous Quotes

To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

Confucius

Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-kah

Balenciaga: Bah-len-see-ah-gah

Balmain: Bahl-Meh

Bottega Veneta: Bow-tay-guh Vah-netta

Burberry Prorsum: BUR-bur-ree Proar-SOME

Christian Lacroix: Christian Luh-kwa

Christian Louboutin: Christian Loo-boo-tan

Comme Des Garçons: Comb Dey Gah-sown

Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten

Giambattista Valli: Gee-am-bah-tease-ta Vah-lee

Gianfranco Ferre: Gee-ahn-franco Feh-ray

Givenchy: Zjee-von-shee

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Hermès: Er-mez

Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jah

Jean Paul Gaultier: Zhon Paul Go-tee-ay

Kinder Aggugini: Kinder Ag-ooh-gee-nee

Lanvin: Lahn-vahn

Loewe: Loh-wev-eh

Louis Vuitton: Loo-wee Vwee-tahn

L'Wren Scott: La-ren Scott

Marchesa: Mar-kay-sah

Monique Lhuillier: Monique Le-hu-lee-ay

Moschino: Mos-key-no

Proenza Schouler: Pro-en-zuh Skool-er

Rochas: Row-shahs

Rodarte: Row-dar-tay

Roksanda Ilincic: Roksanda Ill-in-chik

Salvatore Ferragamo: Sal-vah-tor-re Fer-ra-gah-moh

Sonia Rykiel: Sewn-yah Ree-key-el

Versace: Vur-sah-chee

Yves Saint Laurent: Eve San Lau-ron

Yohji Yamamoto: Yoh-jee Yam-ah-mo-to

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So Nikki Minaj doesn't know how to pronounce Balmain 😂

I don't know but its gonna be fun using this as face exercise xD

I like how you put it in alphabetical order

Is it really LOO-BOO-TAN or LOO-BOO-TAHN ?

I don't know how but I got all of them. And I've never heard of most of then.

I agree with Kelly, wrong pronounciation for the french designers

Love them all

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

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.

Very insightful