Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[uberQuirkiness]

the french word vin is pronounced as van....

[uberQuirkiness]

that's right.

[SignorinaFab]

Originally Posted by PrinceOfCats

Ermengildo Zegna?

In Italian 'gn' is like 'ni'...Zen-ia?

Ermenegildo Zegna:

I'd pronounce it like this:

Ermene-gildo (all e-s are pronunced like in pet, the g is pronounced like the j in joy and the o at the end is pronounced like in obstacle)

hmmm and Zegna is difficult to explain, it's more like TZENIA.

I may be wrong ... but I'm pretty sure that's the right pronounciation.

[Monsieur]

this reminds me, at school a bunch of friends and i used to use the term "Ver-sais" to classify someone or something which is extremely lacking in style and taste! now that i think back on it, we were kind of mean...but secretly... :P

[Meg]

the schouler pronounciation depends on whether the name is italian or german in origin non? And the Ghesquiere....I'm pretty sure softie is a bit more on par because there is an accent grave (or is it aigou?) somewhere in there is there not? The 'e' after the 'r' means you would pronounce the 'r' non? If it ended just 'er' then you would not pronounce the 'r'.

[The Baron]

I think I can clear up Nicolas Ghesquière.

First, it's spelled as above, not Ghesquiere without the accent, and certainly not Ghesquire. This has an impact on the pronunciation.

1. A "g" in French is normally pronounced like a "j" in English, but if it's "ghe", "ghi", or "ghy", you pronounce it like a hard "g" as in "go".

2. The accent is an accent grave, like this - è - and is pronounced like the "e" in "pet". If it were an accent aigu, like this - é - it would be pronounced like the "ay" in "pay".

3. As Meg mentioned, the "e" at the end means you pronounce the "r"

So, end result: Nee - co - la Guess - key - AIR, although to sound really authentic you should run the last two syllables together with a strong emphasis on the last, so it would sound more like Guess - kyAIR

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by The Baron

I think I can clear up Nicolas Ghesquière.

First, it's spelled as above, not Ghesquiere without the accent, and certainly not Ghesquire. This has an impact on the pronunciation.

1. A "g" in French is normally pronounced like a "j" in English, but if it's "ghe", "ghi", or "ghy", you pronounce it like a hard "g" as in "go".

2. The accent is an accent grave, like this - è - and is pronounced like the "e" in "pet". If it were an accent aigu, like this - é - it would be pronounced like the "ay" in "pay".

3. As Meg mentioned, the "e" at the end means you pronounce the "r"

So, end result: Nee - co - la Guess - key - AIR, although to sound really authentic you should run the last two syllables together with a strong emphasis on the last, so it would sound more like Guess - kyAIR

Exactly, your french is definitely better than my english.....

Since it was mentionned earlier Christian Dior = Cree-st-yan (very soft n) Dee-or (like in Orwell)

[erutuoC]

Is Yohji [Yamamoto] pronounce "Yo-jee" or "yo-hee"?
Also, how is Moschino pronounced?
thank you!

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Originally Posted by erutuoC

Is Yohji [Yamamoto] pronounce "Yo-jee" or "yo-hee"?
Also, how is Moschino pronounced?
thank you!

yo-jee

moss-kee-no

[woodstock]

is it (roughly) Air-Mez or (roughly) Air-Mess?

[vintage_princess]

Usually I would say the 1st.

[Dreamland]

some people say "her-meez" and it's kind of annoying.

[KhaoticKharma]

Madonna just called Olivier Theyskens "Oh-Liv-ee-AY Touch-Skens." I have never heard his name said before, so I assume she is right?

[maraschin0]

I usually say "Er-mez" for Hermes. It's probably wrong though.

I only recently found out Givenchy was pronounced "Zhe-vaun-shay".

[stellablue]

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