Go behind the scenes at M&S Schmalberg Flowers, a family-owned factory in NYC’s Garment District. See how they hand make custom fabric flowers for fashion and design industries.
- New York City Center - The tour begins at 10:30 am in our NYC showroom where you will be surrounded by floral creations and briefly learn the history of our company. We will then proceed through the factory and show you the step by step process of how any piece of fabric can become a “custom fabric flower”. One of the unique aspects of our factory tour is that we are always working on new projects with designers so you never know what (or who) you are going to see! Anyone interested in a behind the scenes look in the fashion industry is sure to enjoy themselves. You are welcome to take pictures in our factory. We have flower accessories and wholesale items available for purchase in our showroom. Typical tours range from 30-60 minutes.
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- Factory tour included in purchase.
- No gratuity required.
- No additional purchases necessary.
- You are responsible for transportation to and from our factory. We are located in the NYC Garment Center and are easily accessible by subway, bus or taxi. We are a 7 minute walk from New York’s Penn Station
Our journey kicks off at 10:30am at our NYC showroom. We’re taking you on a trip through our family-run factory, nestled in New York City’s historic Garment District. While on tour, you’ll get to observe the process of die-cutting, molding, and handcrafting bespoke fabric flowers used across fashion, millinery, interior design and beyond! M&S Schmalberg creations has graced several magazines and global runways. Beyond print media, our Flowers have featured in Martha Stewart American Made, Women’s Wear Daily, Broadway’s Hamilton, Boardwalk Empire, performances by The Radio City Rockets, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and the popular tv show Sex in the City. Our esteemed clientele includes names like Anthropologie, Badgley Mischka, Rosie Assoulin, Harry Winston, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, The Metropolitan Opera, Manolo Blahnik, Marchesa, Tory Burch, Vera Wang to name just a few.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- A small amount of walking is involved. The entire tour is confined to our NYC Factory
- Tour is fully indoors
- Please note: Our factory is typically closed on major holidays so please take this in to consideration even if Viator shows us as being available!! If you are unsure of a certain date please contact me (Adam)
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.