I think this is mostly because I have a harder time with the header style shopping experience. I prefer to rummage through bolts. At the ends of the cutting tables, there are remnant bins, which often have enticing parcels of fabric, tied up with string and price tags. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor and you will enter directly into the store. Why I love it: A beautiful and calm store. A very popular stop in NYC. Things to consider: Most shopping is on headers, not bolts or rolls.
Staff is helpful when you are looking for something specific. Free swatches available on many fabrics, limit 15 swatches per customer.
Fabrics and Fabrics is now at a new location - they used to be across the street on the second floor, but over the past few months, they have been moving into a smaller storefront on the ground floor of 38th street. They also have 2 warehouses of fabric and can likely accomodate large order requests beyond was is available in the store.
Personally, I actually prefer the new space. While smaller, it is well organized, and they have the rolls on shelves where they are easily visible. The fabrics here are gorgeous. They have a large assortment of solid color silks, and if you head upstairs to the lofted area at the back of the shop, you will find a concentration of printed silks, printed stretch silks, and fabrics that are coordinated to those printed silks for example, an exact color match or border print.
Everything is immediately visible, which makes for a pleasant shopping experience you do not need to pull out the rolls to view them, as at Mood. I usually have to ask for the price, though some fabrics are labelled on the bolt end. Why I love it: Employees here are friendly and helpful, but will also let you browse quietly. Overall, I think this is an easy to digest shopping experience - beautiful fabrics and a manageable space.
Things to consider: Shopping is mostly on rolls, but some headers, too. Minimum cut: 1 yard. I forgot to ask if they provide swatches! Today was my first time visiting this store. Today they had just received a shipment, so there were truly bolts everywhere. All of the fabrics were dazzling - pretty colors, beautiful prints, delightful textures.
He grew up in Lebanon and Sweden, and moved his family to New York, opening Mood originally as a fabric wholesaler. It was not until that Mood started to do retail sales, and once it did business grew so quickly that by , they had to move into their current space of 40, square feet. Mood has another location in Los Angeles, however the Manhattan location remains the flagship of the business, drawing a constant flow of customers — from students in fashion school to designers, to people who simply love to sew.
Shopping Midtown West price 2 of 4. Sure, Project Runway contestants frequently rummage through this 40,square-foot garment district institution for jersey and satin to use in their latest sartorial creations, but Mood has always been a resource for both serious and amateur sewers not on reality TV.
Monday February 22 Address: W 37th St New York. Cross street: between Seventh and Eighth Aves. Contact: moodfabrics. Visiting Mood Fabrics is of the fun Things to do in NYC if you work in fashion or simply want to nurture your inner designer.
Not a season goes by without a harried, comical moment in Mood Fabrics, where Tim Gunn gives contestants a mere 30 minutes to choose the lace details, paisley swatches, and reams of charmeuse for their next make-or-break masterpiece.
For more than 2 decades, Mood Fabrics played an important role in fashion circles, and has an excellent reputation among fashion industry personnel and hobbyists.
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