admit it youve been saying chanel wrong all this time no its not tv channel or canal it is shahnell in your defence and ours too its entirely not your fault foreign names can be quite confusing and amusing to local ears and tongues but its not just us indians who fumble and embarrass ourselves twisting our tongue way to get a french name correct even americans and other nonspanish nonfrench nonitalian speaking people too find it very difficult to get names right at the first instance if it makes you feel any better even models whove walked for givenchy have mispronounced the name just the way you did right now but just because it feels confusingly funny to say zara in true spanish accent doesnt mean you have to quit tonguetwisting in fact thats even more reason why you need to up your game twist your tongue and squeeze out the correct pronunciation just like a professional so be assured when we tell you that after going through our special foreign language class on how to pronounce fashion names you will be ready to face the evercritical world of fashionistaskeep scrolling to learn new fashion names and especially how not to mispronounce thembalmain country of origin france founder peirre balmain designers olivier rousteing since 1946balenciaga country of origin france founder cristobal balenciaga designers demna gvasalia cd since 1919bvlgari country of origin italy founder sotirios voulgaris designers since 1884chanel country of origin france founder coco chanel designer karl lagerfeld present since 1909christian louboutin country of origin france founder christian louboutin henri seydoux bruno chamberlain and faheema moosa since 1991comme des garons country of origin japan founder rei kawakubo designer junya watanabe since 1969dolce gabbana country of origin italy designer italian designers domenico dolce and stefano gabbana since 1985givenchy country of origin france founder hubert de givenchy designer riccardo tisci since 1952gucci country of origin italy founder guccio gucci designercreative director alessandro michele since 1921herms country of origin france founder thierry hermes designer pierrealexis dumas artistic director since 1837herv lger country of origin france founder herv peugnet designer max azria since 1985lanvin country of origin france founder jeanne lanvin designer bouchra jarrar since 1889louis vuitton country of origin france founder louis vuitton designer nicolas ghesquiere since 1854miu miu country of origin italy founder miuccia prada since 1993moschino country of origin italy founder franco moschino designer jeremy scott since 1983proenza schouler country of origin usa founder jack mccollough and lazaro hernandez designer jack mccollough and lazaro hernandez since 2002rochas country of origin france founder marcel rochas since 1925rodarte country of origin usa founder kate and laura mulleavy designer kate and laura mulleavy since 2005versace country of origin italy founder gianni versace designer donatella versace artistic director since 1978yves saint laurent ysl country of origin france founder yves saint laurent and partner pierre berge designer hedi slimane 20022016 since 1961zara country of origin spain founder amancio ortega and rosalia vera since 1974 how to pronounce dzahdah