{"id":343978,"date":"2014-09-15T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/fashion-101-nailing-pronunciation-343978.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T23:33:00","slug":"fashion-101-nailing-pronunciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/fashion-101-nailing-pronunciation-343978.html","title":{"rendered":"Fashion 101: Nailing the Pronunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"  <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/saint-laurent-fw14.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>With the <a title=\"New York Fashion Week SS15: What to look forward to?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/latest-news\/new-york-fashion-week-ss15-look-forward-40564.html\">commencement of fashion week<\/a>\u00a0in <a title=\"New York, New York: DKNY Fall 2014 Ad Campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/latest-news\/dkny-fall-2014-ad-campaign-32909.html\">The Big Apple<\/a> and the slew of runway shows that are streaming in faster than you can ever finish liking the front row snapshots and <a title=\"NYFW: Best streetstyle looks at New York Fashion Week SS15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/trends-and-tips\/nyfw-best-streetstyle-looks-new-york-fashion-week-ss15-41277.html\">OOTDs<\/a> of your <a title=\"Our top 10 fashion Instagram accounts to follow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/from-us-to-you\/top-10-fashion-instagram-accounts-39091.html\">favourite style icons<\/a>, nailing the pronunciation of the plethora of designer names - and incredibly fancy last names - to a T have been nothing short of intimidating. I mean, nothing like the embarrassment of gushing over a new collection from <em>Hai-di Slee-Mayn<\/em> right? Heaven forbid that letter H be pronounced.<\/p> <p>It is after all, a cardinal sin to mispronounce a notable designer\u2019s name.<\/p> <p>Before you commit yet another fashion faux pas, here\u2019s a cheat sheet to expand your designer vocabulary and be fluent in Fashion. 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