Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[qual]

^I know it's really confusing me too
So again:
Lanvin and Alber Elbaz please

Thanks in advance

Lon-va(hn)
A(h)bear Elba(h)z

 

[KateIsGr8]

Designer Pronunciation

If there is already a thread like this, mods please delete and redirect me.

I am one of those people who have certain designers I know and love, and love to follow. However, sometimes I don't know exactly how to pronunciate their names correctly. I have heard designers' names or brand names on tv and thought "So that's how you say it!?" So I wanted to make this thread so we could all help eachother out. Right now, I can only think of one.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard "Balmain" being said on tv and beforehand, I always said it like "Ball-mane," however the woman on tv said it like "Bal-mon." Which is correct and do you have any you would like to share that some may find a bit challenging to pronounce?

 

[j'adore_couture]

Great idea!

I don't know...I've always said balMAIN and I've heard it being said that way too...

The only one I can think of is Ermenegildo Zegna it's so long! Is it just ER-menee-gildo?

When I was younger (we're talking very, very young...around 8 or 9) I thought Louis Vuitton was pronounced "loo-is vutt-un"

 

[karina_zb]

it's Val-mon... i've always been iffy about gareth pugh?

 

[BerlinRocks]

i'm not a king of phonetics ...

but ...

I pronounce Alber like Albert - anglophones pronounce the 't', i think ... Just don't pronounce the 't' ...
Al-Bear

Lanvin ... would be ...
the "an" is pronounced like the "en" or "an" in "dent" (tooth), "gant" (glove) etc.
the "in" is pronoucened like the "ain" in "pain" (bread), or the "in" in "vin" (wine) etc.
L/an/v/in


BUt then again ... I think some people pronounce bad ... even in France ...
I heard Carine Roitfeld said Ghesquière the wrong way ... But she knows Nicolas Ghesquière much better than I do, so maybe Ghesquière pronounces his last name another way than the correct way ...

GH normally sound like "gh" in "ghetto" ... But Roitfeld says "GH" like in "jeu" ... which isn't correct !

Ghesquière should normally sound :
Guess/Ki/air ...

and Balmain would be :
Bal (like a Bal) / M/ in (once you know how to pronounce "vin" (wine) you can pronounce ain-aim-in etc.)

I found this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrPFrkrUmt4 ...
It's in quebecois ... But the "in" is right pronounciation at the end !!!

 

[BerlinRocks]

ok this guy should help you all with FRENCH pronounciation ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylyXrldUp6k&feature=channel
(this one is for the sound "ain", "in" and declinaison)

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Ermenegildo Zegna is Air-men-a-jill-doh Dz-enya

I learnt that a while back. In this thread

 

[j'adore_couture]

^Thanks! I see the threads have merged.

Ahh so it's Bal-mon! I think North Americans tend to ignore the original ways of pronounciation, I swear I've heard Bal-MAIN hundreds of times...

 

[from: sophia]

so it is balmine? I am lost please help

 

[Ronchamp]

It's Bal-, as in 'weird Al' (it's the only thing that comes to mind, haha! ), not like in 'total' or 'vocal'. You can hear the 'al' sound a few times in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iwJPdA90fk&feature=channel_page

And -main: you can hear it at 0:39 here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBaO1tlVR48&feature=channel_page. It's kind of nasal and the 'n' is silent.

Hope that helps!

 

[user.n.]

BUt then again ... I think some people pronounce bad ... even in France ...
I heard Carine Roitfeld said Ghesquière the wrong way ... But she knows Nicolas Ghesquière much better than I do, so maybe Ghesquière pronounces his last name another way than the correct way ...

GH normally sound like "gh" in "ghetto" ... But Roitfeld says "GH" like in "jeu" ... which isn't correct !

Really? Maybe he spells his name in a different dialect... But I think it was a slip of tongue...

 

[EvaIntl]

How do you pronounce Tagliapietra?
Is it it tally-uh-pee-etruh?

yes.

 

[Lanbim Cord]

how do you pronounce SHISEIDO?

thanks a lot.

 

[Scott]

^shi-say-doe

 

[Sav_]

Is Givenchy pronounced Jih-vaughn-chee?

 

[user.n.]

^ With Zh at the beggining. (Like Dasha Zhukova.)
I rather pronounce it like Zhi-vahn-shi.

 

[Sav_]

Thanks!

 

[rip_ian curtis]

This thread makes my tongue very twisted! I'm glad I know how to pronounce most of the names without this.

 

[user.n.]

This thread makes my tongue very twisted! I'm glad I know how to pronounce most of the names without this.

So true.
Reading these things and trying to pronounce them aren't easy...

 

[afashionado]

From what I heard and observed from the video, if there is an "E" after the "N," the you pronounce the "N" at the end. And if there is no "E" after the"N," the "N" is silent. Hope that helps

so it is balmine? I am lost please help