The article highlights M&S Schmalberg, a century-old family business in New York’s Garment District, known for creating custom artificial blooms. It’s notable that the Garment District, once bustling with textile manufacturers and flower makers, has seen a decline, leaving M&S Schmalberg as the last of its kind. The company, which has supplied flowers for prestigious fashion labels and celebrities, was inherited by Adam Brand, who acknowledges the significant legacy of their craft despite initially not valuing the family business.
"The Garment District was thriving, it was alive - hundreds of thousands of people here manufacturing things," Adam Brand, owner of M&S Schmalberg, told The Post.
"Today, I know one feather guy, and we're the last flower guys," he said.
M&S Schmalberg has created faux flowers for some of the biggest names in fashion - Tory Burch, Hermès, Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, to name a few.
Brand, who inherited the company from his father, didn't always appreciate the budding business."My dad was the flower man, and it's all he talked about: flowers, flowers."
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