Language of style

I have been drooling over Herve Leger bandage dresses for the past three months now that it came as a shock to me when I found out that the whole time I was saying I love Herve (herb, herv), I was actually saying his name wrong! Apparently, it's pronounced as (err-vey leh geh) Gosh, how embarrassing! Well, because of that, I decided to share with you all the correct pronunciation of our favorite designers' names! I mean, we, it girls cannot be caught in the same embarrassing situation I almost had (good thing no one corrected me about it. Got away with murder that time!)

So, I'm gonna be listing down designer names (with pronunciation) including the items they are most famous for. Take this as Designer labels 101 :)

Balmain (balme) - Swiss watches
Cartier (car-ti-ey)- watches
Chanel (sha-nel)- bags, coats, shoes, perfume
Chloe (clo-wee)- French designer of rtw, shoes, bags, perfume
Christian Dior (Kristyan Dyor)- couture
Christian Lacroix (Kristyan la-kʁwa) - couture
Christian Louboutin (kristyan lubuteh) - shoes

Commes des Garcon (com de garson)- Japanese-cum-European style apparel (you might remember the line having a collaboration with H&M)
Ermegenildo Zegna (Erme-Ge-nildo Zeyn-nya)- fine men's apparel
Givenchy (jee-vohn-she)- couture, perfume
Guy Laroche (Gee Larosh)- french fashion, couture
Hermes (er-mez)- bags (everyone knows the Hermes birkin!)

Herve Leger (err-vey Leh-geh)- bandage dresses. woot, I really want one!

Jean Paul Gaultier (John Paul goot-yay) - couture, perfumes
Les Copains (le Ku-pant)- jackets, trench coats, tailored pieces
Loewe (lou-weh)- handbags and leather goods. Notice the trademark stitching!

Louis Feraud (Lou-wee Fer-roh)- couture
Louis Vuitton (lou-wee vee-tohn)- bags, bags, bags! sorry, can't get enough of LV neverfulls!
Missoni (mee-so(elongated)-ne)- knitwear
Pierre Cardin (pyer car-de(n))- couture, perfume
Pucci (pu-chi)- women's fashion
Salvatore Ferragamo (sal-va-to-re ferra-gamo)- leather shoes, handbags
Thierry Mugler (tyer-ree moog-ley)- clothes, perfume. You might remember the "angel" parfum

Yves Saint Laurant (eves sohn law-rahn)- women's fashion, perfume

Phew! That was fun! I bet you're all rolling your tongues right now. hehe, don't worry, you're not the only one! You just have to keep practicing saying them so it would come naturally next time. Just think of this as the most important lesson in fashion because you might not be caught wearing something unclassy but it is so easy to catch mispronunciations! Besides, it's about time we all learn the language of style :)