How Not to Butcher 23 Difficult-to-Pronounce Designer Names
It’s safe to assume that at some point in our lives we will butcher the pronunciation of a name to the point of no return (I’ve done it before, and often have my own name mispronounced, which results in major LOLs and sometimes SMHs). Now that fashion month has wrapped up, we’ve put together a primer on some of the most difficult-to-pronounce designer names, from Gucci’s man-of-the hour Alessandro Michele to the iconic Rei Kawakubo. Here, 23 designer names that you won’t ever butcher again.
Alessandro Michele: ah-less-an-dro mee-keh-leh
Balmain: bahl-man (bahl-mah, if you want to be super pretentious)
Courrèges: coo-rehj
Cushnie et Ochs: cush-knee-et-awks
Fausto Puglisi: fao-stow poo-yeezy
Giamba: gee-ahm-bah
Jacquemus: ja-keh-moose
Jonathan Simkhai: jon-a-than sim-k-eye (k-eye, like “hi” but with a “k”)
Junya Watanabe: june-yah watt-ah-nah-bae
Loewe: le-wev-eh
Marques‘Almeida: mar-kiss al-may-duh
Miu Miu: myeww myeww
Moschino: mos-key-no
Olivier Rousteing: oh-liv-ee-aye roo-sten
Pigalle: pee-gahl
Rei Kawakubo: ray kawa-coo-b-oh
Rochas: ro-sha
Roksanda Ilincic: rock-san-da ill-in-chitch
Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane: san le-ron by eh-dee sluh-mah
Stella Jean: stella jon (like the Jean in Jean Paul Gaultier)
Thierry Mugler: tier-ee moo-gler
Vetements: vet-mon
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