The Difficult Designer Names

Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay
Alejandro Ingelmo:Allay-handro In-gel-mo
Andrew Gn:Andrew Jen (rhymes with “pen”)
Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann
Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa
Badgley Mischka:Badge-lee Meesh-ka
Bebe:Bee-bee
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera:Caro-leena Hair-era
Cesare Paciotti:Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee
Chaiken: Chay-ken
Charriol: Sha-ree-ol
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya
Gareth Pugh:Gareth Pew
Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin
Givenchy:Jhee-von-shee
Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley
Hedi Slimane:Eddy Sli-mahn
Hermès:Air-mez
Hervé Léger:Air-vay Lay-jay
Joeffer Caoc:Joe-fur Kay-ock
Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay
Lanvin:Lon-vin (“vin” also rhymes with the French word for “wine”)
Loewe: Low-ev-ay
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Madame Gres: Madame Gray
Marchesa:Mar-kay-sa
Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay
Moschino:Mo-ski-no
Monique Lhullier:Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay
Narciso Rodriguez:Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez
Nicolas Ghesquière:Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air
Olivier Theyskens:Oli-vier Tay-skins
Pierre Cardin:Pee-air Car-dain
Proenza Schouler:Pro-enza Skool-er
Ralph Lauren:Ralph Lauren(as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)
Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo
Rodarte:Ro-dart-tay
6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)
Sonia Rykiel:Sonia Ree-kee-eel
Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee
Thakoon:Ta-koon
Thierry Mugler:Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Tibi:Tbi(not Tee-bee)
Tocca: Toe-ka
Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay
Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to