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Melanie Wilkinson

A shopping guide to the best … cocktail skirts

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Buy

orange flowered midi

Silk midi, £220, by Reformation from net-a-porter.com

pink flowered Jacquard mini skirt

Jacquard, £175, essentiel-antwerp.com

Lime green embellished with jewels

Embellished, £120, stories.com

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Rent

Shiny Rainbow-stripe maxi

Rainbow skirt, £38.18 for four days, by Olivia Rubin from johnlewis.com

metallic linked stars skirt

Star skirt, from £65, by Paco Rabanne from hurrcollective.com

black and nude wrap skirt with fringe

Polka dot, £60 for four days, by Jacquemus from mywardrobe.com

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Thrift

black skirt with bright flowers

Floral, £25, rokit.co.uk

Black and pink

Black and pink, £85.83, by Sonia Rykiel from vestiarecollective.com

gold sequinned midi

Sequin, £95, by Rejina Pyo from onescoopstore.com

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