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09 Oct
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Have you ever been in a bad situation attempting to sound fancy and knowledgeable while pronouncing the top designers names wrong?? Do you ever cringe hearing your friend talk about Hermès articulating it as ‘her-meez’, or Mui Mui as ‘Mwee-Mwee’? I know I have experienced such. So the next time you find yourself ~casually~ talking about the following designers with your friends, you will now know how to properly pronounce these:
- Anna Sui – Anna Swee
- Azzedine Alaia - Azz-a-dean a-lie-ah
- Badgley Mischka: badge-lee meesh-kah
- Balenciaga: bah-len-see-ah-gah
- Balmain: bahl-mahn
- Bottega Veneta: bow-tay-guh vah-netta
- Bulgari: Bool-gah-ree
- Christian Louboutin: christian loo-boo-tan
- Comme des Garçons: comb dey gah-sown
- Dolce & Gabbana: dol-chey and gab-ana
- Elsa Schiaparelli: el-sa-skap-uh-rell-ee
- Givenchy: jhee-von-shee
- Hermès: er-mez
- Hervé Léger: air-vay lay-jah
- Hussein Chalayan: hoo-sane sha-lion
- Jean Paul Gaultier: zhawn-powl goh-teeay
- Lanvin: lahn-vahn
- Louis Vuitton: loo-wee vwee-tahn
- Marchesa: mar-kay-sah
- Miu Miu: mew-mew
- Moschino: mos-key-no
- Proenza Schouler: pro-ehn-zah skool-er
- Ralph Lauren: ralph law-ren
- Salvatore Ferragamo: sal-vah-tor-re fer-ra-gah-moh
- Thakoon: tah-koon
- Versace: vur-sah-chee
- Yves Saint Laurent: eve san lau-ron