From Nicolas Ghesquière to Demna Gvasalia to Ryan Roche, which is probably not pronounced the way you think it is:
UPDATED: Author:Fawnia Soo HooUpdated:Sep 6, 2016Original:Apr 8, 2015It's always kind of awkward when you're in the midst of a passionate discussion about, say, Nicolas Ghesquière's tenure at Louis Vuitton or Demna Gvasalia's latest street style bait and — cringe — you totally massacre the pronunciation of the designer's name.
Of course, at this point, you're adept at articulating all the actual design house monikers — Loo-ee Vyee-tahn, duh — but the actual designers' names can still cause some perplexing situations or lively debates . So to help you never fake your way around verbalizing "Olivier Rousteing" ever again , we've rounded up a comprehensive list of designer names with easy-to-sound-out, phonetic pronunciations below.
Robert Tagliapietra, designer and co-founder, now-closed Costello Tagliapietra and recently launched JCRT: ro-bert tag-lee-ya-pee-ay-traShimon Ovadia, co-founder, Ovadia & Sons: shim-ohn oh-vah-dyaSimone Rocha: see-mone ro-shaThakoon Panichgul, designer and founder, Thakoon: tah-koon pah-nich-gullTimo Weiland, designer and co-founder, Timo Weiland: tee-mo why-landVika Gazinskaya: vee-kah gahv-in-skee-yahThis post was updated on 9/7/16 with current job titles and an additional eight names.
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