Fashion Designer Pronunciation Guide

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If you’ve never been quite sure if you’re pronouncing all your favorite fashion brands correctly, you’re not alone. With so many French, Spanish, and Italian names in the world of fashion, there are some tricky names in the fashion lexicon. No need to stress any longer, the experts at Yoogi’s Closet are here to help. Listed below are the phonetic pronunciations of the more difficult fashion brand names. Study up, and you’ll be sounding like a true fashion expert in no time.

How To Pronounce Popular Fashion Brand Names

AUDEMARS PIGUET

Awe-duh-mare Pee-uh-jay

BALENCIAGA

bahl-en-see-AH-gah

BOTTEGA VENETA

bow-tay-guh vah-netta

BULGARI

BOOL-gah-ree

CARTIER

car-tee-aye

CHOPARD

show-pard

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN

KREEST-yahn loo-boo-tah-n (soft ‘n’)

GIVENCHY

jee-VOHN-shee. The ‘G’ is soft and the ‘i’ in French has a more rounded pronunciation. The ‘ch’ is pronounced soft, like ‘chaise’ rather than ‘chair’. In French, the emphasis is placed on the second syllable (in this case, ‘ven’).

GUCCI

goo-chee

LOUIS VUITTON

lou-ee VWEE-tah-n (soft ‘n’). Silent ‘s’!

HERM?S

ehr-mez. Hermès is French, so the ‘h’ is silent. While usually in French if a word ends in ‘s’ it is silent, the grave accent on the second ‘e’ means that the ‘s’ is very softly pronounced.

JAEGER-LECOULTRE

zhey-ZHER leh-KOOLT

MANOLO BLAHNIK

mah-NO-lo BLAH-nik

PROENZA SCHOULER

pro-enza SKOO-ler (a hard ‘c’ sound and a silent ‘h’). The ‘ch’ is pronounced similarly to the ‘ch’ in ‘school’

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

sal-vah-tor-re fer-ra-gah-moh

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS

Van kley

YVES SAINT LAURENT

eve san lau-ron


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