Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[AlexN]

I thought it was MarZHE la?

That's what I thought.

I think Theyskens is "tie (like bow-tie) skins"

And I thought that Couregges was "coo-rehj-ay"

For Chloe, you can say it normally, but to be more correct, I think the last syllable would be more like "a" (like saying the letter "a") than "e"

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Apart from pronouncing Chloe whilst aiming into a spittoon to clear my mouth of such a foul brand, I would pronounce the accent ague.

Talking of which, Courreges should have an accent grave which changes 'e' to 'air'...

 

[kit]

I think it's ' Tuskens ' . B)

What about this ?

http://fashion.about.com/cs/designers/l/blpronounce.htm

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-22439.html

Bona nit .

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Not pronounced 'Boner knit'...?

 

[kit]

Not pronounced 'Boner knit'...?

Actually , ' Bona neet ' .

Fins ara .

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Me no parlo be el catala...

 

[brian]

also, is chloe just pronounced like the name is? or is pronounced in the french way with an accent on the e? i think there is an actual accent about the e on the logo, but i seem to hear everyone pronouncing it without the accent....

there's an accent on the e... chloé ... it's pronounced like "clo-eh" ...

 

[brian]

I thought it was MarZHE la?

mar-zhe-la??

i thought it was pronounced mar-gee-ella

 

[AlexN]

He said "zhe", not "zee".

 

[brian]

WHATEVER, I EDITED IT!!!

 

[marcj]

How about Anna Sui? is it pronounces "sway" ?

 

[fireatwill]

no. sue-e. i'm pretty sure. ah. i don't know. it's how i say it and it's how i've heard it said.

 

[AlexN]

Yep. Sue-eee

 

[whizkit]

Sui should be pronounced in 1 syllable. SuI

 

[enak]

How about this, not a designer but involved in the industry

Inez van Lamsweerde/Vinoodh Matadin

Thanks!

 

[Yppe]

Yppe -- I think in general that pronounciation is quite difficult to discuss without some audio demonstration...but oh well.

Maybe you also speak Catalan?

Yeah, Catalan is my mother tongue, I speak in Catalan with my parents and close friends, and school is half in Catalan, half in Spanish.

 

[LouiseyPeasey]

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And I thought that Couregges was "coo-rehj-ay"

Courreges should have an accent grave which changes 'e' to 'air'...

Yes, correctly spelled, it's Courrèges, and the è sound is like the ai in air. The g is a soft zh, and the final es is not pronounced.

I don't think anybody's asked about Oscar de la Renta, but I heard someone on TV last night say "dee lah renta", which is a personal pet peeve. The de is closer to a duh than dee sound. I'm having a hard time thinking of an English word that contains the sound - it occurs before r in words like learn, urgent - but it's kind of hard to separate from the r. Anyone have a better example? You can bypass it a little by just not fully pronouncing the de, and sliding it into the la - d'la - but it should never, ever be dee.

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[AlexN]

Ghesquiere - guess-key-AIR

I've heard "guess-key-AIR-ee" a bunch of times. But what you've posted makes more sense.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Yep, there'd have to be an acute on the 'e' to make it Ghes-key-air-ee...

 

[zanney]

how to pronounce 'Balenciaga'

Hi,

I am new to forum and wanted to ask you gals what is the right pronounciation of 'balenciaga' ?