Men's fashion week kicked off in New York on Monday for a second season, playing catch up after chic shows in London, Milan and Paris. It will also whet appetites for the style explosion and buyers' bonanza that is New York fashion week for women — the main event — due to begin February 11. “The success of the inaugural 'New York Fashion Week: Men's' surpassed our expectations,” Steven Kolb head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America told AFP in an email interview.