Where the Fashion World Got Its Ribbons

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 brick and mortar [Where Simon Doonan, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rachel Antonoff Got Their Ribbons]( Remembering M&J Trimming, a Garment District institution that will soon be closing its doors. Photo: Google Maps A few weeks ago, “Going Out of Business” signs were plastered in the windows of M&J Trimming. Then an ominous red banner went up on its website declaring that it was no longer taking online orders. It’s an abrupt and quiet end for the Garment District store, which opened in 1936 and has, in the decades since, become a New York institution, especially for the fashion industry — its client list includes Kate Spade, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Vera Wang. If you were a stylist or worked in fashion magazines during their print heyday, M&J was a regular pit stop for the requisite on-set frippery needed for a photo shoot. But beyond the fashion world, it was also a haven for amateurs and artists and actors and teens, for whom the crammed aisles promised transformation by ribbon, lace, and button. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Rumaan Alam Moved to New York With a Bottle of Acqua di Giò and $300 The novelist on his early years scrimping in New York, even after getting a job at Condé Nast.]( As told to Clio Chang [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings Would you choose a 13-room castle in Sheepshead Bay?]( By Nora DeLigter [What Life Might Look Like on the World’s Biggest Yacht A pharmaceutical heir is traveling the globe selling multimillion-dollar apartments on his yet-to-be-built boat.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved