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[PinkCouture]

Perhaps I am just a dumbass, but there are some designer's name I am not sure how to pronounce   I am hoping the fashionistos/tas of BZ can help me out. Thanks!!!

First one: Lacoste (is there an accent on the "e"?)

[mindless_oasis]

I think it's pronounced La-cost

[Party.in.Paris]

^yes!!

cost like in 'how much does it cost' for example

[PinkCouture]

Thank you so much ladies!!!

Ok how about these:

Christian Lacroix (accentuated accent on the "cr" or not?)
Azzedine Alaia

[persuazn]

Lacroix: I pronounce it like La-qua but I'm not sure

[Wild Rose]

I think you'll have to add the 'r' too... I pronounce it "La-cruà" (hope it made sense!)

[BubbleBubble]

Wild Rose, on Mar 8 2007, 09:36 PM, said:

I think you'll have to add the 'r' too... I pronounce it "La-cruà" (hope it made sense!)

Yeah, I think you're right

[BubbleBubble]

Party.in.Paris, on Mar 8 2007, 09:22 AM, said:

^yes!!

cost like in 'how much does it cost' for example

Really?
I've pronounced the "e" like Chloe til now and every Koreans have called like that

[Wild Rose]

I pronounce it like Party.in.Paris said

[PinkCouture]

Wild Rose, on Mar 8 2007, 07:36 AM, said:

I think you'll have to add the 'r' too... I pronounce it "La-cruà" (hope it made sense!)

Yes it does...thanks!!!

[PinkCouture]

It is tough b/c different languages pronounce things differently based on their own pronunciation guide  

[Wild Rose]

it's ok, remember in "The Devil Wears Prada" how Andy was asking a guy on the phone how to spell Gabbana?

[PinkCouture]

^Yes...hahaha...It was a very memorable scene Actually with Italian and Spanish names I have less problems pronouncing b/c I took Spanish for 3 years, and in undergrad uni. we had to watch documentaries in Italian with English subtitles   Also, to me Spanish and Italian have very similar words

[persuazn]

Wild Rose, on Mar 8 2007, 11:36 PM, said:

I think you'll have to add the 'r' too... I pronounce it "La-cruà" (hope it made sense!)

All this time I've been saying it wrong

[Nicola Trunfio]

great thread
i have a ques too! marithe and francois girbaud. how to pronounce the last name?

[.:.ali.:.]

Girbaud? Geer-bow Like a the bow on a ribbon. I think..

[Taben]

Nicola Trunfio, on Apr 3 2007, 12:22 PM, said:

great thread
i have a ques too! marithe and francois girbaud. how to pronounce the last name?

Gir - not like in "girl", soft "j" like the ZH in "Zhenya volodina"

baud - like the bo in bottle

PinkCouture, on Mar 8 2007, 03:47 PM, said:

It is tough b/c different languages pronounce things differently based on their own pronunciation guide  

Apparently if you are a real fashionista you have to pronounce the name of the brand according to it's country of origin's pronunciation guide but i've never heard a foreigner pronouncing Vuitton or Chanel (to name a few) right

[SympathysSilhouette]

I can pronounce them perfectly.

[PinkCouture]

Taben, on Apr 7 2007, 04:13 AM, said:

Apparently if you are a real fashionista you have to pronounce the name of the brand according to it's country of origin's pronunciation guide but i've never heard a foreigner pronouncing Vuitton or Chanel (to name a few) right

So how do you pronounce Vuitton and Chanel?

I pronouce it Vi-t-on (it has a quick "on," right???) and Shan-nelle (Shan like "Sean" or "Shaun" and nelle like the magazine except w/ a "n" in front)


I hate how some people mispronounce "Lauren" It doesn't have an accent!!!

[.:.ali.:.]

How about Yves Saint Laurent? I've heard heaps of different pronunciations. So I don't exactly know the right one.