{ "title": "We visited for you... Mood fabrics store at NYC!" , "date": 1680968888 , "content": [ [ "hidden", "Mood Fabrics store in NYC" ] , [ "p", "A bit more than a year ago, we were in NYC meeting with friends from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Of course we had to do a detour and stop at world famous Mood." ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "Regularly featured in Project Runway, the iconic Mood Designer Fabrics store is located at the heart of New York's fashion district, a few minutes away from FIT. There, you will find two storeys of fabrics and haberdashery tools, zippers of all colours, trims and buttons." ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "img", [ "life-shopping-nycmood-01.jpg", "life-shopping-nycmood-02.jpg", "life-shopping-nycmood-04.jpg", "life-shopping-nycmood-03.jpg" ] ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "The width and depth of the catalogue are nothing but impressive. Fabrics are very conveniently sorted by material and colour, with large selections available imported from different places." ] , [ "p", "Mood even has a sewing school, Mood Fashion Studio in New Jersey, that we didn't visit but provides fashion design courses, sewing workshops. You can even get private lessons for an extra." ] , [ "p", "Now we recognise that convenience comes at a price, but that one is outrageous. We expected a fair amount of margin - it's New York - but everything was minimum ten times a standard retail price in Asia. Very disappointing." ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "Our rating:" ] , [ "ul", [ "" , "Location — ■■■□ — At the heart of Manhattan's fashion district." , "Width of services — ■■■■ — Fabric, haberdashery, and even sewing courses." , "Depth of goods — ■■■□ — Everything you can dream of." , "Prices — □□□□ — US$12/yard for synthetic tulle, really?" ] ] ] , "author": "Alex VB" }