Inside the family-run NYC shop behind the Met Gala's floral designs
FOX 5 New York
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.200', 'text': 'Well, the Met Gala is on Monday, and if'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '5.359', 'text': "you keep an eye out, you'll see some of"}, {'start': '3.200', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'the celebrities wearing looks adorned'}, {'start': '5.359', 'end': '8.720', 'text': 'with these custom fabric flowers.'}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '10.240', 'text': 'Amazing. Beautiful. Yeah, those flowers'}, {'start': '8.720', 'end': '12.160', 'text': 'are made by hand right here in New York'}, {'start': '10.240', 'end': '13.599', 'text': "City at a familyrun studio that's been"}, {'start': '12.160', 'end': '15.519', 'text': 'in business for more than a century.'}, {'start': '13.599', 'end': '17.420', 'text': "Fox's Michelle Ross went to the Garment"}, {'start': '15.519', 'end': '21.240', 'text': 'District to check it'}, {'start': '17.420', 'end': '24.240', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '21.240', 'end': '27.279', 'text': 'out. This studio in the garment district'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '30.080', 'text': 'produces one thing here on 36th Street,'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '32.559', 'text': 'but its reach extends far. M&S'}, {'start': '30.080', 'end': '34.960', 'text': 'Schmalberg is a fourth generation fabric'}, {'start': '32.559', 'end': '37.280', 'text': 'flowers company and their product will'}, {'start': '34.960', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'grace the MetGala red carpet for the'}, {'start': '37.280', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'third year in a row. Today we are the'}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '43.040', 'text': 'last domestic factory. And what I mean'}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '44.640', 'text': "by that is we're the last factory that"}, {'start': '43.040', 'end': '46.719', 'text': "could take your fabric whether it's a"}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '48.640', 'text': 'silk, leather, velvet, suede, cotton,'}, {'start': '46.719', 'end': '50.399', 'text': 'denim, anything else you could think of'}, {'start': '48.640', 'end': '52.399', 'text': 'and turn it into beautiful flowers like'}, {'start': '50.399', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'you see behind me. His great great'}, {'start': '52.399', 'end': '58.320', 'text': 'uncles Morris and Sam Schmalberg on the'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '60.480', 'text': 'left here created the company in 1916.'}, {'start': '58.320', 'end': '62.559', 'text': "More than 100 years later, they're still"}, {'start': '60.480', 'end': '64.559', 'text': 'in business. And dozens of celebrities'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '66.880', 'text': 'have arrived at the Met Gala wearing'}, {'start': '64.559', 'end': '68.960', 'text': 'their flowers like Uma Thurman and'}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '71.760', 'text': 'Cynthia Arivo. Two years ago, the theme'}, {'start': '68.960', 'end': '73.680', 'text': 'was Carl Aggerfeld, who ran Chanel.'}, {'start': '71.760', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'Chanel was known for their chameleas,'}, {'start': '73.680', 'end': '78.400', 'text': "and we make chameleas. They've partnered"}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '80.799', 'text': 'with designers like Tory Burch and Oscar'}, {'start': '78.400', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'Delarenta to create the looks. But they'}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'never know which celeb the look is for.'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '86.880', 'text': "And that's part of the fun that I know"}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '88.560', 'text': 'of. I have my dad, I have my wife, I'}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '90.400', 'text': 'have every everybody I know texting me,'}, {'start': '88.560', 'end': '92.880', 'text': '"Is this yours? Is this yours?" The'}, {'start': '90.400', 'end': '94.640', 'text': 'studio has over a thousand dyes and over'}, {'start': '92.880', 'end': '96.479', 'text': 'a thousand different molds. So, if'}, {'start': '94.640', 'end': '97.920', 'text': "you're a customer just walking in, you"}, {'start': '96.479', 'end': '100.000', 'text': 'literally have thousands of different'}, {'start': '97.920', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'options to choose from. The process'}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '104.159', 'text': 'starts by dying the fabric in a powder'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '106.479', 'text': 'and water mixture. When the fabric'}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '108.399', 'text': 'dries, they cut it to the flower shape.'}, {'start': '106.479', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'The oldfashioned way is swinging a'}, {'start': '108.399', 'end': '114.560', 'text': 'mallet to get the right cut.'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '117.640', 'text': 'But these days they use this machine'}, {'start': '114.560', 'end': '120.159', 'text': 'which drops over the fabric with'}, {'start': '117.640', 'end': '122.000', 'text': 'precision. They then emboss the flower'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'using heat and pressure to get the'}, {'start': '122.000', 'end': '126.079', 'text': 'veining and detailing. Then the staff'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '128.640', 'text': 'assembles the flower putting on the'}, {'start': '126.079', 'end': '132.400', 'text': 'final touches. Everything is done by'}, {'start': '128.640', 'end': '136.400', 'text': 'hand. Miam Bayas has worked here for 46'}, {'start': '132.400', 'end': '138.800', 'text': 'years. Here you be able to create. We'}, {'start': '136.400', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'have a a very good atmosphere. You know'}, {'start': '138.800', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'here we work like a family. We have fun'}, {'start': '141.599', 'end': '147.520', 'text': 'every day. I mean, it has to be very'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'good to be here for 46 years, right? And'}, {'start': '147.520', 'end': '151.280', 'text': 'Adam is heartened to know that his'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '153.519', 'text': 'oldest daughter, four-year-old Skyler,'}, {'start': '151.280', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'wants to continue the family business.'}, {'start': '153.519', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'She said, "I want to work at Smallberg.'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'I want to work with you." He wants to'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '162.080', 'text': 'give her the gift that his dad, Warren,'}, {'start': '159.200', 'end': '166.160', 'text': 'the flower man, gave him in the garment'}, {'start': '162.080', 'end': '166.160', 'text': 'district. Michelle Ross, Fox 5 News.'}]