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In the dispute over an allegedly badly fitting wedding dress, a bride and a tailor before the Hanover District Court have agreed on a settlement, as a spokesman confirmed on request.
The curious legal dispute began in February 2019, when a woman had commissioned the tailor-made dress.
In the opinion of the buyer, a sales contract was concluded at that time - the judge, however, saw it as a contract for work and services.
Dispute over fit and color
When it came to the cut, fit and color of the dress, the customer and the tailor finally came up against each other.
The bride supposedly wanted a very low back neckline.
According to the tailor's shop, the bride had been informed that a wedding dress with a deep neckline was not skin-tight.
The bride, in turn, complained that she had not been informed about it.
In addition, unlike planned, the body was not monochrome, the straps too short, the petticoat too tight.
The dress also warped in the closet in midsummer - which is why she then had to get a replacement dress.
That was even more expensive.
Now the tailor filed a lawsuit because they wanted the full price of 2,325 euros for the dress, which was specially made.
The bride only made a down payment of 1162 euros, the rest she did not want to pay because in her opinion the dress did not fit properly.
For this she in turn sued for repayment of the amount paid against return of the dress.
Tailoring argued that working time and fabrics were costs.
Anyway, a special price had been agreed, because for individual special requests the prices usually started at 2500 euros.
It is also not possible to sell another customer's tailor-made dress.
Richter suspects those involved in the pink "wedding cloud"
Finally, on the advice of judge Per-Malte Lippmann, both sides agreed on a settlement.
According to the judge, neither party could have relied on an outcome in their favor.
The question arises as to whether not everyone involved was "too much in a pink wedding cloud".
The parties' lawyers finally haggled over every euro.
Initially, the tailor's representative suggested paying 700 euros - that is still a loss.
The bride's lawyer found this "oversubscribed".
Bride does not want to send the veil by post
The result: According to the comparison, the bride still has to pay 531.25 euros and return the veil with a retail value of 135 euros.
With this, all mutual claims are settled, said judge Lippmann.
At the end of the day, Judge Lippmann tried to find conciliatory words: he wished the tailoring shop, which was closed in the corona lockdown, to be able to sell wedding dresses again soon, and he wished the couple "a good life".
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