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Fashion Phonetics

• 05.22.07
  Fashion Phonetics: Malgosia Bela
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  Word: Malgosia Bela (noun, Polish Comeback Model, actress (but aren't they all?))Pronounciation: Mal (as in mouse) - go (as in lego) - shia (shea) Bela (as in Ciao, Bella)Why you should know the name? She’s a comeback model if there ever was once. She just replaced Mariacarla in the YSL Opium ads, rocked boyfriend khakis for the GAP, and rubber her girly bits on a sofa for Jurgen Teller in Paradis Magazine.
  
  
• 05.17.07
  Fashion Phonetics: Ines Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
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  Word: Ines Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, or Van Lamsweerde and Matadin (Dutch design duo allergic to boring)Pronounciation: Ines (In-ez) Van (yes, like the gas-guzzling weapon of the suburban mom) Lamsweerde (lams-veerd) and Vin- (rhymes with sin) oodh (ood) Matadin (mat-a-din)Why you should know the name? Their deliciously subversive work has appeared in French, Italian, British, and American Vogue as well as V Magazine, Self Service, W, Visionaire, Another Magazine, Arena Homme Plus, VMAN, Butt, and Fantastic Man. Oliver Theyskens loves them, they're Dutch, and they've bearded Kate Moss.
  
  
• 05.14.07
  Fashion Phonetics: Agyness Deyn
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  Word: Agyness Deyn (noun, House of Holland Muse, Nu Rave Preacher to the Runways) aka her real name, Agnes Hollins.Pronounciation: Agyness (pronounced like Agnes); Deyn (rhymes with mean. As in, "Her proxide blonde buzz is mean!")Why you should know her name? London It-girl of the moment starring in ads for Armani and Mulberry and has graced the pages of US, German, and Italian Vogue, as well as POP. Has described herself as, "a hip hop granny who can hip hop, be-bop, dance till ya drop, and make a yoyo wicka cuppa cocoa." Did you get that all?
  
  
• 05.13.07
  NEW! Fashion Phonetics: Doutzen Kroes
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  Word: Doutzen Kroes (noun, Victoria Secret angel, Unconfirmed Empyreal Creature (UEC))Pronounciation: Dout - (as in No Doubt) - zen (rhymes with Ben); Kroes (sounds like Crows).Why? Dutch supermodel who has graced the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Numero. Salty tidbit? Quoted as saying, " I got rejected [at Gucci] because I was too fat! Gucci likes slim girls only."
  
  

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