Your Guide to Pronouncing the Designers' Names This Fashion Week
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We get it: when it's Fashion Week, you want to sound cool when you talk about all the designers you are following from New York to Paris. But when you have to actually say their names, you could come across as an amateur.
To help you avoid a major fashion faux pas (pronounced foh pah, you guys), we've dug up some "helpful" video tutorials. Read on to hear them all.
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Jump to the 20-second mark to be fashion-shamed by P'Trique.
How to Actually Pronounce Every Designer Name (We Promise!)
Not to leave you hanging, we did do some investigative pronouncing and put together this A-Z fashion designer phonetics guide so you won't ever worry about misspeaking again. Watch on, and earn some bragging points when you get to correct your friends later.