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Melanie Wilkinson

A shopping guide to the best … cocktail skirts

Sequin

Buy

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

Jacquard, £175, essentiel-antwerp.com

Embellished, £120, stories.com

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Rent

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

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

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

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Thrift

Floral, £25, rokit.co.uk

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

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

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