Rabu, Februari 25, 2009

Pronouncing Designer

Listed below are some of the common mispronounced designer labels:
(Should you still fail to pronounce it by reading the phonetics, you can always google up "pronouncing designer" for websites containing audio pronounciations)


Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Atelier: ah-tell-ee-ay
Balenciaga: Buh - Lin - See - Ah - Ga
Bally: Bah-li
Balmain: Bahl-Mah
Baume & Mercier: Bom ee Mer-See-yay
Bebe: Bee-bee
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Braun Buffel: Brohn Byu-furl
Bruno Magli: Broo-no Mal-yi
Bulgari: Bool-ga-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era
Chacharel: Ka-sha-rel
Chanel: Sha-Nel
Charriol: Sha-ree-ol
Chloe: Kloh-eh
Chopard: Sho Par
Christian Lacroix: Christian Lah-kwa
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin
Cartier: Kar-ti-yay
Celine: seh-lyn
Cerruti: Cher-Ru-tee
Dolce & Gabbana: Dol-cheh and Ge-Ba-na
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Elie Saab: Eh-li Zahb
Emilio Pucci: Ehm-ee-lee-o Poo-chee
Emporio Armani: Em-Pohr-yo Ar-mah-ni
Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya
Etienne Aigner: Eight-Yen Ahg-neigh
Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee
Gucci: Jew-chih
Guy Laroche: Gee Lah-Rosh
Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay
Issey Miyake: Ees-say Mi-Ya-kay
Jaeger-Lecoultre: Yay-ger Leh-Koot
Jean Paul Gaultier: zhan paul Go-tee-Ay
Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock
Lanvin: lon-Van
Loewe: LO-ee-Vay
Longchamp: Long-shum
Longines: Lohn-jeens
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Manolo Blahnik: Ma-no-low Blah-nick
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa
Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay
Moschino: Mo-ski-no
Piaget: Pya-jay
Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)
6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)
Salvatore Ferragamo: Sal-va-Toh-reh Fehr a-Gah-mo
Sonia Rykiel: Sonia Ree-kee-eel
Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee
Swarovski: Swa - Roff - Ski
Thakoon: Ta-koon
Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Tocca: Toe-ka
Ungaro: Oon-ga-ro
Versace: ver-Sah-chay