 Good morning. It's our last day in New York, our fourth and final. And we had this master plan about how we were going to get up, bring early, and get to Metro Textiles, one of our favorite places, right whenever they opened. And this is what we found. Womp, womp. They are closed. He's not here yet. I don't even know if the hours that we saw online are accurate anymore, but we're so close that we can't get in. We really don't have a ton of time today either because we have to be uptown for the Downton Abbey exhibit by 10.30. And we're meeting Amber's family. Their train gets in at 9.30, so we might just end up going sitting in a coffee shop. We've got about going to a trim store, but Pacific doesn't open until 8.30. That's about 20 minutes from now. So I don't know what we're gonna do. We had a whole plan. It does say in case of emergency, please call. Does this qualify as an emergency? I don't know. I feel like it's for the best. It's like you had no more space in your suitcase. True. No more fabric. Maybe it's a sign. So we'll let you know what we end up doing, but we may not be going to Metro this year, which would be the first year ever we have at home. Well, we can, but first year ever we haven't shopped. Stay tuned. Going back to the hotel, checking out, carrying all of our luggage down. There's a lot of it and it's very heavy. I'm probably gonna have to check my bag because I've added a bag since we've gotten here. And then we went to Pacific trimming where I found some colored, multi-colored tassel trim. It's really cute. And I got some buttons to match my Jessica dress, that green linen. So now we're headed to Penn Station to head uptown to go to the Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is just some space with the Downton Abbey for the fresh hour. I can only take video out here though. So this is really all you're going to get to see. I'll try and take some pictures inside in my hand. We'll see. But we're from, so it's already super cool. Super cool. And they're gonna let me video in here. So I'll be able to take you with me. These are million dollar sandals. Well, a reproduction of the million dollar sandals. These are all colonial buckles that were excavated from Washington Heights. That's what they used to look like back in the day. And they found all of these in the ground. Here's some fun platforms. Bath clogs. What do they call it? Bath clogs. Bath. So your feet don't get wet? Bath clogs so that your feet don't get wet from the Ottoman Empire time. Food washes. Very sexy. These are from a farewell performance called the ballerina name. Tether Watts. Look how like worn down they get. I know they have to replace them like daily but I didn't know they got that worn down. So these are Cinderella from Broadway from 2002. But Stuart Whiteson designed these. They're very sparkly and beautiful. Oh sorry, 2013. It was one year old. These are spectator pumps signed by the Yankees. Any Yankees fans out there? That's kind of cool. These belong to Ginger Rogers. Madonna sandals. Salvatore Ferragamo. They were in the olden times. These were designed for Sophia Lauren originally. And they are handmade needle point lace. These are peep toe spectators. The woman these were made for married a king. American born divorced lady who married a king. Like Meghan Markle. And she is wearing them. Okay, who has seen kinky boots? These are the boots from the original Broadway production worn by Billy Porter. Look how big they are because obviously they are for a man. So they are like very big boots. Oh, totally. What number is this? No, they're not number. No, they are one. Yeah, it's like etched on the side. I'll take eight. I like number eight. What? Number eight. Okay. Top right. But like a rocky look. Do you see how metal that middle part is? Yeah. Like somebody's foot could be that. I feel like one of my toes though would just come right out the side. Probably. 1932. These were made by Connie Sheikry. Oh, Connie. I bet the dyeing process back then was cumbersome as well. Yeah, I think it would just conform to your arch. Talking about these shoes here that have this like elasticy thing that obviously changes shape whenever you step your foot inside them. But these are all from the mid 50s and 70s platforms. These are all from the early 1900s. Yeah, like these are pretty modern slingback. They are from 1964, but designed by Stuart Weitzman. These are, oh, not Stuart, Seymour. That must have been his father. Also Seymour Watson or Weitzman. And then look at these cool ones. These are from 1964. Leather and rhinestone. Then we have mid-century Christian Dior. Actually, those are probably pretty valuable today. 1960s. Look at these long sandals. That's from Enzo Aroma. That's the maker. Keep-toe platform shoes from 1972. Also very modern with an ankle strap. And these are Italian pumps from the 70s. These are from the late 50s. Super cool. I'd wear those today. These are 1956. How old are they? Cool mesh. Look how big. 1972. Stuart Weitzman. And some Ysaint Laurent with a cute bow. 1967. Adorable. So this next part is exploring how, like, what influenced the design of shoes. And so we have some architecture influence. And you can see how different buildings might be represented in these heels. Look at those. Right? Can you see the building architecture in all of them? It's very cool. These are inspired by the Chrysler building in New York City. Super cool, right? Let me show you the back. Or the side. So fun. These are all film inspired shoes. Or they were worn in movies. So we've got these old movies. I don't know. Rita Hayworth. Maybe they were designed for film. Allowed Hollywood costume designers to dodge the restrictive production code. Biblical temptresses and Roman imprises defied the code's prohibition against semi-nudity and inspired a fashion for gold and silver sandals. European inspiration. So there's a really fun story behind these. See how the backs are elasticated. So it was a husband and wife team. This is Beth Levine. She was the designer and her husband was the salesman. But they thought that their shoes would sell better if they had a man's name in them. So they're all marked with Herbert Levine. And she bought the patent to that elasticized back to help keep them on the back of your heels for six months. But they got so popular that the guy who originally owned the patent took it back to sell it to other shoemakers so they don't get credited with it. But you see that in shoes today. So that's cool. Here are some more of her designs. Herbert Levine. So last year Stuart Weitzman and the New York Historical Society sponsored a design competition for high school students in the Tri-State area. Students submitted shoe designs in one of two categories. Socially conscious fashion and material innovation. And these are the winning designs in each category. So there's actually a tie for socially conscious fashion. This one number one. And this one number two. And then this is the winner for material innovation. That's amazing. That was really cool. It's at the New York Historical Society. If you're in the area I'm going to come check it out. Quite a collection there if I do say so myself. I kind of hoped it would be more like modern vintage rather than 18th vintage but it was still cool. Good history lesson and a peek into the future of shoe design as well. So there's an exhibit here for like remembering Bill Cunningham that we might go see. He's the famous fashion photographer. So I'll let you know if I can film down there or not. We're at the Bill Cunningham exhibition now. It's really sweet. They have a lot of his like artifacts I guess. And they have like some of his articles. And then this really sweet video that was made. And then like some of the hats that he had designed earlier in his career too. It's not very big in here but it's nice. Sad, sad. The city is in our rear view mirror. This is the coastline train which I can't say that I've ever taken this one before. Really well it's not so much pretty but it was pretty back there. Anyways so yeah we're headed to the airport. Our trip is over. We didn't do anything after the museum. We just got back to our hotel, got our stuff and got to the trekking station. We didn't miss anything there but we were just just remissing over our trip and what we're going to do different next year. And acknowledging all of the things that we learned from last year. So it's like a little bit every time. You learn a little bit more. Got a couple new stores this year. That was good. Found our way around a little bit better this year. That was good. I stayed a little bit longer this year. Met some friends. So it was a very very full filling trip but I think we're both ready to be back home, be clean, get the filth of the city off of us and start planning our projects. I'm home. Look who's happy to see me. Supposedly sunny buns. Anyways here I am guys. I am tired. The flying was fine. It was just getting to the airport. That was exhausting. I ended up having to check my suitcase that was full of fabric and then thank goodness B&J gave me like a really big tote bag because I put all the stuff that I brought in that suitcase like all the clothes I wore, toiletries, all that in that bag and that was my carry-on and then my backpack was my personal item. So I had a lot of luggage and the suitcase it had all my fabric in it minus three pieces I think and guess how much it weighed. It was a little more than 30 pounds. Woops but it's really it's all really good stuff and I'm all and I'm really excited to sew it up Amber and I were already talking about our plans what we're going to get to first and all of that. So I know you guys will see all of that here very soon but I just wanted to wrap up this year's vlog series, daily vlog series by asking you guys if you have any questions for me about New York City specifically the garment district and shopping for fabric there any questions at all leave them in the comments down below or on the DM me on any of my social media. I'll compile them all and do another video or maybe like a live Facebook live or Instagram live or whatever and try and answer some of them so that you guys can maybe try and figure out a way to get to the garment district yourself but it was a lot of fun and I just really needed a shower and then a bath and then sleep and then food probably um but thanks for following along it's been so much fun reading all of your comments and I'm glad you enjoyed coming along with me. So I will see you guys next time. Bye!