How to Pronounce Designer Names Tutorial

by L.A. Ruano, July 30, 2008

designer tutorial names 1 How to Pronounce Designer Names Tutorial

For all the rookies in the fashion industry and even some veterans, this tutorial is for you. We have all made the mistake at least once, saying BUR-berry instead of BUR-bur-ree. After checking this out you will not only be more designer savy but no longer a rookie in the field.

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18 Responses

  1. Posted by: Megan on September 27, 2008 at 9:09 am

    I didn’t have a proper look on here but I noticed how you pronounced Yves Saint Laurent. He was French so if you want to pronounce it correctly it would be more like ‘Eve-san-law-ran’ as in French you wouldn’t pronounce the t or the i. Great idea doing this though!

  2. Posted by: b.m. on August 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    … the silent h is the easy part of “hermes” … i think ppl get confused with the ending … u kno “may” or “mez” … i kno how to pronounce it … do u???

  3. Posted by: katjakassin on August 1, 2008 at 7:50 am

    This is some pretty funny stuff.

  4. Posted by: bobbito on August 1, 2008 at 12:05 am

    you guys forgot another doozy… ermenegildo zegna… try that on for size

  5. Posted by: tim on July 31, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    though these are perhaps the most suitable phonetics for american natives as they are unlikely to be able to pronounce the names a hundred percent correct, most of the phonetics are wrong, I used to live in France and roc it’s air-mez indeed, no her-mez because french do not pronounce the h but instead put the syllable stress on the vowel that stands behind the h (dee-oar Om), with the stress on the O as well as the French tend to pronounce it as one word (deeoar-Om)

  6. Posted by: lol on July 31, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    i’ve been wanting to know how “Raf” as in Raf Simons was pronounced for the longest time.

  7. Posted by: roc on July 31, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    no, “air-mez” or “her-mez” is the proper way of saying it. the may thing is wrong.

  8. Posted by: Josh on July 31, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    I thought it was CoMAY DAY GarCONs for the longest time lol

  9. Posted by: geo on July 31, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    its BAAA PE….sucks cuz SHEEEPS love it…arab parrot argh!!!!

  10. Posted by: fashion chick on July 31, 2008 at 11:45 am

    actually – her-mehz is wrong. it’s “air-may”

  11. Posted by: fashion chick on July 31, 2008 at 11:43 am

    free willy – if you look at the table vs your post, they actually did “burberry” correctly. and THANK GOD people will learn how to say “hermes” correctly.

  12. Posted by: masdeloce on July 31, 2008 at 11:07 am

    I think this is a pretty cool resource. It keeps you from looking like an asshole when you go to a store and ask for one of these designers lol

  13. Posted by: 4ngow on July 31, 2008 at 12:17 am

    burBERry? or “burBURry?” haha ive actually always said it burBURry : P

  14. Posted by: freewilly on July 31, 2008 at 12:01 am

    are you supposed to say loo-E vo-We-ton with a french accent. too? psh… and it’s Bur-Berry not Bur-Ber-Erry

  15. Posted by: Jigga on July 30, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    CLICK! Rookies still on some LN – Don’t forget the maaaaay-back or your odd-mar pi-gay!

  16. Posted by: VADER on July 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    who cares if its proper, its about time some one cared about pronouciation

  17. Posted by: wholesome on July 30, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    yes they are

  18. Posted by: Pharcyde on July 30, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Those aren’t even proper phonetics