Bride Sues Her Florist 400k$ Over Pastel Flowers

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/n...abcc680f268c&ei=5087 &oref=slogin&oref=slogin

The wedding bouquet has barely faded and already an Upper East Side bride has regrets — not because she married, but because of the flowers.

The bride, Elana Glatt, says her florist committed a series of faux pas at her wedding on Aug. 11. In the most “egregious,” Ms. Glatt says in a lawsuit alleging breach of contract, the florist substituted pastel pink and green hydrangeas for the dark rust and green hydrangeas she had specified for 22 centerpieces.

The florist, Stamos Arakas, owns Posy Floral Design at 145 East 72nd Street. He said that he and his wife, Paula, had done their best to match the color of the hydrangeas with a picture Ms. Glatt had given them, but explained to her that because of the vagaries of nature and the lighting at the reception, the colors might not look exactly the same.

Not only was the color wrong, Ms. Glatt said in the lawsuit, filed on Friday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, but the hydrangeas were wilted and brown, and arranged in dusty vases without enough water.

Their pastel colors clashed with the linens, favor boxes, wedding cake and d
 
Another member of the Bridezilla club. What a twisted set of priorities and arrogance. Please genetically engineer a flower for me so that it's colour palette matches precisely with my gift boxes. La....De....Dah.

She probably went into hock during her wedding and needs some quick cash to pay off the caterers or something. My guess is that the lawsuit will last longer than the marriage.
 
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