M & S Schmalberg is a manufacturer of custom fabric flowers and is located in New York City. The company is a family owned business and has been around for 103 years. They manufacture artificial flowers for bridal, apparel, milliner, costumes, window display, interior design, headpieces and lapel flowers and bouquets. They were working on the flower production for Vera Wang from her latest collection. I also saw a picture of the flowers on the deep v-neck dress staring Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians. It was really interesting to see a niche business survive for that long and make a huge name for themselves. The owner showed us how a flower is produced from all of the cut dies to the women making and assembling the flowers. I think M & S Schmalberg greatly impacts the fashion industry because of its history and they are one of the last manufacturers still left in the United States with such a unique niche market. I will use this experience in my future career because I never realized something as simple as an artificial silk flower can impact the fashion industry because of the designers and celebrities creating or wearing it.
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