It's all In The Details

"Handsome guy" brothers rock Fashion Houston with colorful, sexy Bogossemenswear collection

“Our customer is a GQ kind of man — an individualist. Our shirts always getcompliments and are ground for conversation starters,” Patrick Tardieu says.
Photo by © Chinh Phan
Fabrice and Patrick Tardieu
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A sleek navy motorcycle jacket is adorned with rose gold zippers. It retailsfor $1,300 at Neiman Marcus.
Photo by © Chinh Phan
The Bogosse collection is a mixture of casual and formal, but with trademarkdetailing added to everything the Tardieus design.
Photo by © Chinh Phan

It’s easy for menswear designers to get lost in the fashion fray when women’s clothing designers have an endless supply of styles, fabrics and cuts to choose from. Make something too outlandish and very few men will wear it. Make it too bland, and well, you have the blue buttondown shirt and khaki pants combo that became the boring uniform of men across America.

Making the most of shirts, pants and jackets comes down the details. Lots of well-placed, well-planned details. And details are just what brothers Patrick and Fabrice Tardieu of Bogosse are all about.

In case you were wondering, Bogosse mean "handsome guy" in French and it looks as though their collection at Fashion Houston lived up to its name.

“We sweat the small stuff,” Fabrice Tardieu said in the Green Room of the Wortham Theater Center after the Bogosse runway show at Fashion Houston. “At the end of the day, details are where we can pay the most attention to the way we dress.

The Haitian-born brothers brought their collection to the Fashion Houston stage after Neiman Marcus encouraged the duo to come to the city. Already popular in the Neiman Marcus menswear department, the Bogosse show Tuesday night and public appearance at the store Wednesday (from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.), is another way to show off the line.

The show was a mix of casual and formal, but with trademark detailing added to everything they design. Button-down shirts are given eye-catching boosts thanks to colorful or patterned matching cuffs and collars.

Sleek black motorcycle jackets are adorned with rose gold zippers that combined form and function. Even simple flat-front pants and shorts are given a shot of style with colorful zippers on the back pockets. Ascots, bow ties and the use of vests, added additional oomph to the collection the brothers design with style-savvy men in mind.

“Our customer is a GQ kind of man — an individualist. Our shirts always get compliments and are ground for conversation starters,” Patrick says.

The designers work with fabric from Italy and England, but keep the shirts at around $250.

“What we design is wearable, sexy, versatile and elegant. We were able to show that in the show tonight. You can really see the quality,” Patrick says.

In case you were wondering, Bogosse mean "handsome guy" in French and it looks as though their collection at Fashion Houston Tuesday lived up to its name.

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no more magic of macy's

Macy's to shutter dozens of stores nationwide, including 1 in Houston

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Macy's said it would be moving forward with closing 66 locations, including Houston's Alameda Mall store.

A major department store name is contracting its presence in Texas: Macy's is planning on closing six of its locations statewide, including a Houston store, by the end of April 2025.

Macy's is the New York-based brand, which includes Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Bluemercury.

According to a press release, the company will be closing 66 stores nationwide as a part of its "Bold New Chapter" strategy to make the company profitable again. In all, Macy's is planning on shuttering 150 "underproductive" locations by 2026.

The singular Houston Macy's that is included in the closure is located at Almeda Mall. A clearance sale is expected to begin this month and will last for approximately 8-12 weeks, according to a FAQ on the Macy's website. Shoppers who currently patronize that store will soon have to travel eight miles farther to Macy's Baybrook Mall location in Friendswood, or visit one of the three remaining locations in the city limits.

The five Dallas-Fort Worth stores that are closing include:

Macy's Village, 201 Stacy Rd. in Fairview
Shops at Willow Bend, 6209 W. Park Blvd. in Plano
Southlake Town Square, 321 State St. in Southlake
Market by Macy's WestBend, 1751 River Run #101 in Fort Worth
Highlands of Flower Mound, 6101 Long Prairie Rd. Suite 500 in Flower Mound

Though Texas is losing six stores, California and New York will be hit harder with the loss of nine stores each.

"Closing any store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go–forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service," said Tony Spring, chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s, Inc. in the release.

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