I am having my wedding in a beautiful barn (The Barn at Harvest Moon Pond) in 2014. I have yet to pick out my dress- however i envision it to be a ball gown style. Our "theme" is sort of a vintage-rustic chic. Our colors are black, white, and light pink. I know that I want my bridemaids dresses to be black- and that they will carry down a beautiful mixture of white/light pink baby's breath wrapped with burlap. The one thing I am stuck on, though, is whether the dresses should be short or long. I have always said I wanted my bridemaids to wear short dresses (Tea length) that are black and not the traditional shiney black that is normally associated with bridemaid dresses so that I know they could wear them again. Lately though, my sister, who has already had her own wedding, however seems to think that she has a say in all of my wedding day planning (yes, she is a bridemaid- trust me its easier than dealing with the drama of her not being in it!) She has started looking at BM dresses and was looking at long ones- despite my already informing her of my plan. I explained the reasons for a short dress but she (and my other sister) have said that they do not plan to wear the dress again regardless of weather they are short/long/shiney/not shiney. Since you have heard my "theme" would you think a ong dress would be okay? or should i stick with the short dresses? (i am not normally a push over- but I would just like to make her shut up so I do not turn into a bridezilla on her!)