Designer Name Pronunciations

NO, not 'Ken' but Christian of Christian Louboutin! Compare the shoes on the plastic 

Monsieur Louboutin with the photograph below:

 

Let us all save the embarrassment for the next time we go shopping for a designer bag or Christian Louboutin shoes, making ourselves look completely ridiculous pronouncing their name wrong. To spend over $100 on a brand named item which you-can-not-even-pronounce-right makes you look like another Paris Hilton (obviously she doesn't care if she has to live with the name "DUMB BLONDE" with the rest of her life since she is a multimillionaire living off grandpa's moola and does nothing in life). Of course it isn't necessary to learn the entire A-list, but I would at least browse through familiar designer names, or name of brands that already makes me drool all over my laptop, *ahem* Prada *cough cough*. Take note that these pronunciations are already Americanized, some may be in their native pronunciation but you will recognized them if they are.

Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay
Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo
Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen
Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Theh-Ahn
Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa
Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka
Bebe: Bee-bee
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era
Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee
Chaiken: Chay-ken
Charriol: Sha-ree-ol
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya
Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin
Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee
Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley
Giorgio Armani: Jor-ji-o Ar-ma-nee
Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn
Hermès: Air-mez
Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay
Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock
Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay
Lanvin: Lon-vin(“vin” also rhymes with the French word for “wine”)
Loewe: Low-ev-ay
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Madame Gres: Madame Gray
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa
Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay
Miu Miu: Myoo Myoo
Moschino: Mo-ski-no
Monique Lhullier: Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay
Narciso Rodriguez: Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez
Nicolas Ghesquière: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air
Olivier Theyskens: Oli-vier Tay-skins
Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain
Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (Ralp is not a French boy! Lauren isn't pronounced law-ren.)
Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo
Rodarte: Ro-dart-tay
6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)
Sonia Rykiel: Sonia Ree-kee-eel
Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee
Thakoon: Ta-koon
Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Tibi: Tbi (not Tee-bee)
Tocca: Toe-ka
Versace: vur-SAH-chee
Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay
Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

Sources: http://www.fashionrat.com et http://www.fashionrat.com