NY Bride Sues Florist for $400,000

New York City bride (and lawyer) Elana Glatt didn’t get the wedding of her dreams because the flowers she ordered from renowned Posy Floral Design were not the shade she wanted.

“The hydrangeas used were not the rust hydrangeas [Posy] agreed to provide, but rather were light pink and light green hydrangeas.”“She's a lawyer,” says florist Stamos Arakas. “They’re just out for gain.”

The flowers cost the newlyweds $27,435.14. The couple is seeking $400,000 in restitution and damages. Elana and David Glatt have filed a suit for what caused them "extreme disappointment, distress and embarrassment" on what was supposed to be the greatest day of their lives by providing the wrong-colored hydrangeas for their Aug. 11, 2007 nuptials.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Glatts and David's mom, Tobi, charge that Posy Floral Design Studio used cheaper pink hydrangeas instead of the contractually agreed-upon rust hydrangeas, messing up the color scheme of the deluxe wedding at Cipriani 42nd Street. Posy's "performance was also substantially defective" in other ways, including "using wilted and/or browned flowers, leaving the event without filling half the centerpiece vases with water, and using dusty and dirty vases," the lawsuit says.

"I can't believe this. I put my heart and soul into this wedding," a teary-eyed Paula told The Post. Stamos blamed the "completely unwarranted" suit on Glatt's lawyer bride, Elana. "She's being a Bridezilla," he fumed, claiming that Elana would order elaborate arrangements that her future mother-in-law, who was paying for the flowers, would then trim down. "They sent us 200, 250 e-mails changing things up until the last minute. We did everything they wanted," he said.

The couple said they discovered they'd been the victims of "a bait and switch" on their wedding day, when they found the "hydrangeas used were not the rust hydrangeas defendants agreed to provide, but rather were light pink and light green hydrangeas," which are "significantly less expensive" and "entirely the wrong color." [since when has a lawyer ever been a victim?!]

The suit says that was a disastrous difference, because "colors had been specifically chosen to match the tones of the room." The filing also alleges the flower arrangements in the bathroom weren't what the pair bargained for, either, and appeared to be made up of flowers that were "no different than the roses available from a street vendor" for "$5."

Paula Arakas maintained everything was clean and just what the couple had asked for. She seemed especially hurt by the rose crack. "She says my roses were deli roses. They're not. They're beautiful. My roses are beautiful," she said.