NYC’s last fabric flower business has been making celebs shine and beautifying the Big Apple for over a century
NY Post
This once-popular Big Apple industry may be wilting, but one business is still blooming.
Over a century ago, a bustling Midtown neighborhood was home to an abundance of textile manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers — including dozens of artificial flower makers.
“The Garment District was thriving, it was alive — hundreds of thousands of people here manufacturing things,” Adam Brand, owner of fabric floral brand M&S Schmalberg, told The Post.
Now, in the heart of New York’s fashion industry, Brand’s is the only artificial blossom producer left.
“Today, I know one feather guy, and we’re the last flower guys,” he said.
The fourth-generation, family-owned and -operated business creates custom fabric blooms by hand in its West 36th Street workshop, where florals seen on red carpets, runways and the big screen have been crafted for 109 years.
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