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Brides hate being disappointed, especially on their wedding day! And Elana Glatt is no different, as she, her new husband and mother-in-law are suing their wedding florist for a number of floral mistakes.
The couple booked Posy Floral Design Studio to outfit the Cipriani space on 42nd Street with flora, including centerpieces of antique/rust hydrangeas, for $27,000. The special hydrangeas are green with maroon tips, which were chosen to fit the wedding colors. Except that the flowers on the wedding day were allegedly pink, thus clashing with "linens, favor boxes, wedding cake and décor"! Per the lawsuit, "The use of predominantly pastel centerpieces had a significant impact on the look of the room and was entirely inconsistent with the vision the plaintiffs had bargained for."
Not only that, apparently some of the sprays were "brown and wilted", flowers were placed in dusty vases and the floral arrangements in the bathrooms were sub-par, as were the flowers in the bridal bouquet ("no different than the roses available from a street vendor"). And the price tag for this pain - the damages the lawsuit is looking for - $400,000.
Florists Stamos and Paula Arakas are upset at the lawsuit. Stamos Arakas told the Times that they warned the couple that it might be difficult to get the flowers, given nature, and before the lawsuit "Ms. Glatt sent him a series of e-mail messages demanding a $4,000 refund." (The florists worked without a contract because they had worked on the bride's sister's wedding with no problems.) And he told the Post that the bride would request expensive flowers, but her future-mother-in-law, who was paying for the flowers, trimmed the orders, "They sent us 200, 250 e-mails changing things up until the last minute. We did everything they wanted."
The groom's brother was married last year at a place where flowers are a big deal - the New York Botanic Garden. And the new Mrs. Glatt knows lawsuits - she specializes in litigation!
Photograph of antique hydrangeas from Fifty Flowers, which says that they are in high demand
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This is why one needs a contract beforehand that prevents these types of stupid lawsuits.
... this is why one needs to not spend $27k on *flowers*. Jesus!
(Apologies if this appears twice; I may have mistakenly submitted this while logged in as "guest".)
Matty, according to the article in the Times, the florist (stupidly) decided to skip the contract, because he had worked with the plaintiff's family before and found them to be trustworthy (he provided the flowers for her sister's wedding).
Jen, you might want to consider inserting the word "alleges" into the second paragraph, as the florist makes no admissions with respect to the color(s) of the flowers. Additionally, the $400,000 referenced in the third paragraph sounds as if it refers to the cost of the wedding, when in fact it refers to the amount sought by the lawsuit. Further, a "litigation lawyer" is known as a litigator.
dbc, thanks for the suggestions, duly noted and fixed (though it make take a little while to appear).
OMG! I went to law school with that bridezilla. This publicity could hurt Fordham Law School's reputation and rank. I feel for the florists.
The "extreme disappointment and embarassment" this tool suffered from her floral arrangement is nothing compared to the embarassment she will feel after the scorn of the world is rained down upon her.
And a plea for some editorial standards in the comments now that we're without guest comments to distract: "OMG"? Please, no.
I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around spending 27K on flowers in the first place.
Besides, any bride with a brain in her head should be ready and waiting for *something* to go wrong on the big day. And if the MIL was paying for the flowers, I'm not sure where the bride has the standing to sue.
If I ever get married again, this is just another reminder that the "go to the beach and elope" plan is a good one.
Monster Mash- I don't think I need to spell out OMG as the abbreviation speaks for itself.
Also,"Please, no" is not a sentence.
$27k is what you'll get quoted for wedding flowers in NYC. Or, you can do what I did and go to the flower district and a bookstore or library and spend about $26k less to do it yourself with the help of a friend.
I barely make 27k a year
Yeah, shame on the florist for actually acting like a standup person and thinking the family would act reasonably.
JRod,
Very good, "please, no" is not a sentence. It's a plea, the tortured cry of a commenter whose soul is being crushed by the banality of internet shorthand like "OMG".
Any douche that spends 27k on flowers obviously has no conception of money - hence the perverse notion that the "damages" in this case could possibly be worth 400k. If any judge or jury rules in this woman's favor, they deserve to burn in hell.