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 ...
Fewer than 100 years ago, New York’s Garment District had the highest concentration of garment workers in the world. Today, the neighborhood has shop windows advertising going-out-of-business sales.
M&S Schmalberg is the last factory handcrafting custom fabric flowers New York's historic garment district. The family business has designed flowers for celebrities and designers since 1916.