Posts about Bottega Veneta
Blogger Dress Up. Monica & Lea
Our latest blogger dress up was quite simply brilliant. Not only did we have the gorgeous Monica from The Elgin Avenue as our stylist/model we also had the super talented Lea Salomone taking the photos.
Much fun was had by us all as Monica and Lea took some of the most amazing pieces in our collection, including this, this and these out and about in Kennington.
The weather was gorgeous, the outfits were superb and the talent was obvious. Below are a couple of our quick snaps, but really you must go to The Elgin Avenue to see the real deal. Also make check sure you out Lea’s website.
Thanks ladies. It was a blast. Em x
How To Pronounce Balmain (and others)
Second part in my ‘how to say those tricky designer names’ guide. Even if no-one else did, our Tech Director found Part 1 very useful. Again all capitals eg ‘AA’ or ‘KEY’ take the stress of the word.
The key thing to remember when pronouncing Balmain is pretty much to ignore that ‘i’ – so the last syllable does not sound line ‘main’. Instead it sounds like an extended version of man. The first syllable is also extended a little. Try Bahl-mahhhhn. I have seen it simplified to Bal-men but for me that loses the subtlety of the French language. On that note I love Glamour’s tip on this one “Remember with French words, let yourself trail off at the end, so your mouth is in a round shape and you don’t quite get to the ‘n’ ”
Three names; a few subtle differences in how to say them – Jawn pawl goat-EE-ay to jon-pal-goat-T-A – but essentially they all give the same result. Just remember that Jean is not pronounced like you would pronounce it when talking about your J-Brands. Ready then? And VOGUE!!!!
As enigmatic as the man himself, Margiela’s surname appears to be a totally unique Belgian one. Pronounced mar-jeh-lah or mar-ge-la (with a soft g). Martin is pronounced with a longer a sound than we would use here in the UK – so maar-tin or if you want to stretch it maaar-tin.
Ok. First put any idea of ice cream out of your head – there is no ‘i’ in Veneta. This is a relatively easy one actually – a lot of syllables but they all pretty much sound how they read – Bo-tay-guh Ve-netta. The only slight differences I have seen is whether the first ‘e’ in Veneta is more of an ‘a’ sound and whether the last syllable of Bottega is gaa rather than guh.
(Fun fashion fact – did you know Bottega Veneta translates to “Venetian atelier”. Did you? Really?)
Another one that looks worse than it is. Again, mostly you just need to do a Catchphrase and “say what you see” (so showing my age here). So, all together now….Gee-am-ba-tease-ta Val-ee. And breath.
