Not only is New York Fashion Week moving to some downtown location from Lincoln Center after February, but Mercedes-Benz will no longer be the title sponsor of the event. While the luxury car brand is leaving the fashion extravaganza in New York while it still plans on supporting other International fashion weeks.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will simply be called “New York Fashion Week” starting this fall.

IMG has also announced that it plans to acquire Made Fashion Week, which launched during the recession to offer free venue space to up-and-coming designers who couldn’t afford a spot at Lincoln Center. The Made acquisition is in “final negotiations” and will go into effect before September’s Fashion Week. Made owners Keith Baptista, Jenné Lombardo and Mazdack Rassi who announced their new initiative, Made Music, in October will remain as consultants.

The Franklin Eugene Fall/Winter 2015/2016 Men’s Wear Line for Milan, entitled Franklin Eugene Peerless, features a multitude of different silhouettes ranging from dressy casual, corporate and formal. The color palette transitions from slate grey, to blazing red, and finally, jet black. The silhouettes progress from an eight button double breasted waist coat with coordinating trousers (The Arthur) to a trench coat inspired tuxedo (The Rit Johnson). In between the two, there is something to suit every man’s taste, including a sub range of blazing red tuxedo jackets.

The collection has varied silhouettes including the fashion showpieces in the “Trench Suit” (suit design inspired by the trench coat detailed with Swarovski diamond cut button arm cuffs) sub-range-the Rit Johnson (full length trench coat inspired tuxedo), the Taylor Re’ (car coat length trench suit), and the Willie S. (swing trench coat suit).

Fashion East’s menswear takeover in January 2015! The designer support scheme returns to London Collections Men to host its own schedule of events championing the brightest new names in one talent-packed venue.

AW15’s designer line-up will feature five hand-picked designers in an unmissable group exhibition: Alan Crocetti jewellery designer returns for his second season. Edward Crutchley textile specialist and consultant for Louis Vuitton returns for his second season,Grace Wales Bonner ready-to-wear newcomer fresh from Central St Martins. Marques’Almeida British Fashion Award winning womenswear duo present their menswear with Fashion East for the third time Roxanne Farahmand contemporary men’s accessories and jewellery returns after her AW14 debut.

Also returning with a salon show is London-trained, Los Angeles native Shaun Samson.

Fashion East is a non-profit initiative established in 2000 by Lulu Kennedy and The Old Truman Brewery to nurture and showcase emerging designers through the early stages of their career. While in 2005 Fashion East and TOPMAN launched the pioneering menswear scheme MAN. Starting with a place on London’s womenswear schedule, by 2009 MAN began London’s first menswear day of shows before paving the way for the launch of London Collections Men in 2012.