Exclusive | NYCs last fabric flower business has been making celebs shine and beautifying the Big Apple for over a century

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, retailers and wholesalers — including dozens of artificial flower makers.“The Garment District was thriving, it was alive — hundreds of thousands of people here manufacturing things,” Adam Brand, owner of fabric floral brand M&S Schmalberg, told The Post.Now, in the heart of New York’s fashion industry, Brand’s is the only artificial blossom producer left.“Today, I know one feather guy, and we’re the last flower guys,” he said.The fourth-generation, family-owned and -operated business creates custom fabric blooms by hand in its West 36th Street workshop, where florals seen on red carpets, runways and the big screen have been crafted for 109 years.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 — and worn by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Gwen Stefani, Paris Hilton, Uma Thurman and Selena Gomez.The company even worked with Vera Wang to create what the brand calls the “Frankenstein Flower,” a blossom comprised of various die-cut petals, fastened to dresses worn by Gwen Stefani and Emily Ratajkowski.The family’s florals can also be spotted on the screen; in “And Just Like That,” Sarah Jessica Parker donned M&S Schmalberg flowers, and the company produced an estimated 1,500 fabric blossoms for Season 2 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton.”But 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,” Brand, 41, said.After surviving the Holocaust, Brand’s grandfather, Harold, moved to New York City and lived with his family members, Sam and Morris Schmalberg, while working at the flower factory.Harold eventually...