How to pronounce the trickiest fashion designer names

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Fashion designers. As their exotic, avant garde clothes suggest, they can be a flamboyant bunch with unusual, tongue-twisting names to match. And woe betide any self-professed fashion insider who gets caught pronouncing Schiaparelli or Margiela wrong. So, whether you happen to be discussing the collections front row at Paris Fashion Week or chatting trends with your friends, never put a foot wrong again with our field guide to pronouncing fashion designer’s names.

Adam Lippes
Adam Lip-uhs

Akris
A-chris

Alaia
Ah-lie-yah

Alberta Ferretti
Al-bert-uh Fur-reh-tee

Alexandre Vauthier
Ah-lex-ahn-der Voh-tee-ay

Alexis Mabille
Ah-lex-is Ma-bill

Andrew Gn
An-drew Jin

Badgley Mischka
Badge-lee Meesh-ka

Balenciaga
Bah-len-cee-ah-gah

Balmain
Bahl-mahn

Batsheva
Bat-shey-vah

Bottega Veneta
Bow-tay-guh Vah-netta

Brunello Cucinelli
Bru-nell-oh Coo-chin-el-lee

Comme des Garçons
Comm dey Gar-son

Demna Gvasalia
Dem-na Vah-sah-lee-ah

Dolce & Gabbana
Doll-chey and Gab-anna

Dries Van Noten
Drees Van Know-ten

Duro Olowu
Dur-oh O-low-woo

Elie Saab
Ee-lee Sahb

Emilio de la Morena
Em-ee-lee-oh de la more-en-ah

Emilio Pucci
Em-ee-lee-oh Poo-chee

Erdem Moragliolu
Air-dem More-ah-kuh-oh-lu

Eudon Choi
You-don Choy

Giambattista Valli
Gee-am-bah-teese-ta Vah-lee

Givenchy
Gee-von-shee

Hedi Slimane
Ed-dee Slim-ahn

Hermes
Air-mez

Issey Miyake
Ee-see Mee-yah-kay

Jacquemus
Zjah-keh-moos

Junya Watanabe
Jun-yah Wat-an-ah-bey

Lanvin
Lahn-van

Loewe
Low-wev-ey

Louis Vuitton
Loo-wee Vwee-tahn

Maison Margiela
May-sohn Mar-jhey-la

Maje
Mahj

Maria Grazia Chiuri
Mah-ree-ah Grah-tzia Key-uri

Marchesa
Mar-kay-sah

Marques’Almeida
Mar-kus Al-mee-duh

Miu Miu
Mew Mew

Moschino
Moss-key-no

Mugler
Mew-glare

Naeem Khan
Nie-eem Kah-n

Nina Ricci
Nee-nah Ree-chee

Olivier Theyskens
O-liv-ee-ay Tay-skins

Regina Pyo
Reg-ee-na Pie-oh

Rodarte
Roh-dar-tey

Sacai
Suhk-eye

Salvatore Ferragamo
Sal-vah-tor-ey Ferr-ah-gah-mo

Schiaparelli
Skyap-uh-rell-ee

Thakoon
Tah-koon

Versace
Verr-sah-chee

Vetements
Vet-mohn

Yohji Yamamoto
Yo-gee Yam-ah-mo-to

Zuhair Murad
Zoo-hair Muur-ad

Badgley Mischka AW14. Credit: Christopher Mucsurak

Erdem SS21

Eudon Choi SS21

Rejina Pyo SS21

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