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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