Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[lalabelle]

Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo

The first name is pronounced REE-AH not Ray. This is my friends name.

 

[gagabalenciaga]

how i pronounce some of the industry's foreign names

hermes: air-meh-z
louis vuitton: lou-ee voo-ee-tahn
balenciaga: ba-lin-cee-ah-ga
ysl: ee- sahn- luh-ran
pschouler: pro-ehn-za shoo-ler
givenchy: jee-von-shay

hope that helps someone

 

[gagabalenciaga]

Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo

The first name is pronounced REE-AH not Ray. This is my friends name.

as a fluent japanese speaker i will have to disagree with you. it is indeed pronounced "RAY" with a slight l roll

 

[kimberwyn]

Hervé Léger:Air-vay Lay-jay

oooh boy....

 

[ejc]

Pronunciation question

Question: how do you pronounce Biba?

 

[Dkammern]

[bee-ba] like you would say diva

kind of gessin though...

 

[ejc]

That's what I thought! Thank you!

 

[Crying Diamonds]

How about Schiaparelli, is that Shy-ah-par-ell-ee, or Sha-par-ell-ee?

 

[Dkammern]

[s·shee·ah·par·ell·ee]?

the first s is almost unnoticeable. and the stress is on the ell

 

[Crying Diamonds]

[s·shee·ah·par·ell·ee]?

the first s is almost unnoticeable. and the stress is on the ell

Thank you very much

 

[ChicParisienne]

How about Maison Martin Margiela?

 

[Traversant]

louis vuitton: lou-ee voo-ee-tahn

Actually it's lou-ee vee-tohn Vuitton ending in a nasal "n."

And the Vui of Vuitton is pronounced "vee," the same as "qui" (who) is pronounced "kee" etc. etc.

Sorry, I'm a French major I couldn't help myself.

 

[Meg]

I've always been under the impression that schiaperelli is pronounced ski-ah-per-elli because it's italian and not german.....

 

[joiedemode]

I think I read that some one emailed Proenza Schouler and it is SKOOLER. Anna W. gets it wrong sometimes if you can believe it

 

[Spike413]

^ Yes, that's always how I've heard Schiaparelli pronounced. I'm pretty much positive it's ski-ah-per-elli.

 

[Meg]

I think the boys at proenza accept both ways. Again it's a difference between italian and german.

 

[Yin&Yang]

I think Hermes should be Air-mez instead of er-mez

 

[Yin&Yang]

Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo

The first name is pronounced REE-AH not Ray. This is my friends name.

Mmm... I always pronouced that as Le-i ( the R is between R and L ) as Japanese don't really pronouced "R"

 

[Dkammern]

I've always been under the impression that schiaperelli is pronounced ski-ah-per-elli because it's italian and not german.....

that makes A LOT of sense... my mistake! (i know it's italian, i just pronounced the "ch" in a spanishIER way, happens all the time with both italian and french )

 

[La bordélique]

^ Yes, that's always how I've heard Schiaparelli pronounced. I'm pretty much positive it's ski-ah-per-elli.

Carine Roitfeld pronounces it that way in this video at 00:59.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2gusBgQ4oGo