Brittany Natale
Looming over Seventh Avenue, aptly nicknamed Fashion Avenue, is the larger-than-life sculpture Needle Threading a Button. Designed in the mid-1990s by Pentagram Architectural Services, this 31-foot-high behemoth acts as a sartorial lighthouse in a sea of Midtown chaos, signaling to city residents and tourists alike that they are now entering New York City’s Garment District. A rectangular microcosm running from 34th to 40th streets and bordered by Sixth and Ninth avenues, the Garment District has been synonymous with fashion and all of its accouterments since it was established more than a century ago. Over the decades, the Garment
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