Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Designer's Trickiest Names...mari belajar menyebut..

Tak dinafikan ada di antara kita yang cenderung membeli pelbagai barangan dari pereka2 terkenal..tak salah..jika berkemampuan dari segi kewangan ape salahnya..tp taukah kita bagaimana nak pronounce nama2 ni dgn betul..?teringat ade satu kejadian di mane aku sangat berkenan ngan bau Guerlain My Insolence...sampai je kat kaunter perfume tu..kaku sebentar aku..bukan sbb baunya yang membelai jiwa..tp sebab aku tak tau nak pronounce nama perfume tu kat akak sales girl tu..yang akak tu pulak..bagai dapat menghidu kejahilan aku..dgn ramahnya dia menyembur perfume tu sambil secara halus dan sopan memberitahu aku cara nak pronounce mende alah tu..so kat sini aku nak kongsikan beberapa name designer yang mmg very tricky to pronounce..so takde la kita salah sebut tatkala nak membeli nanti...selamat mencuba..sumber2 ni aku dapat dari blog orang..Thanx to..CleaDiChiC

* Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay

* Agnes B: On-Yay B (the B stands for Bourgois)

* Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo

* Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen (rhymes with “ten”)

* Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann

* Anna Sui: Anna Swee

* Anteprima: On-tay-pre-ma

* Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march

* Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa

* Azzedine Alaia: Azaa-deen A-lye-a

* Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka

* Balenciaga: Ba-len-See-Aga

* Bally: Ba-li

* Balmain: Bahl-man

* Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta

* Bvulgari: Bool-gah-ree

* Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some

* Byblos: Be-blos

* Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era

* Cartier: Car-ti-yey

* Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee

* Chaiken: Chay-ken

* Charles Jourdan: Sharls Shor-dan

* Christian Lacroix: La-Kwa

* Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tahn (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)

* Dolce & Gabbana : Dole-chay & Ger-bana

* Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten

* Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya

* Etienne Aigner: Eh-tee-yen On-yay

* Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew

* Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin

* Givenchy: Jee-von-shee

* Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley

* Guerlain: Gair-lann

* Guy Laroche: Ghee La-rosh

* Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn

* Hermès: Air-mez

* Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay

* James Perse: James Perse (as in a lady’s purse, not ‘pierce your ear’)

* Jean Paul Gaultier: Zhan paul GO-tee-AY

* Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock

* Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay

* Lambertson Truex: Lam-bert-son Tru-ex

* Lanvin: Lon-vahn (“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

* Miu Miu: Mew-Mew

* 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

* Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)

* Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo

* Rodarte: Ro-dar-tay

* Rochas: Ro-sha

* 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-rie Moog-lay

* Tibi: Tbi (not Tee-bee)

* Tocca: Toe-ka

* Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay

* Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

* Yves Saint Laurent: Eve San Lor-ron

* Zac Posen: Poe-zen

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