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Maddy specialises in shopping galleries and first-person reviews of the best fashion buys, from jeans and jewellery to wedding dresses, gymwear, and winter coats

Stick to black, brown, or grey shoes

Shop the look: Black velvet cocktail dress: Buy from Azazie, $39 Silver drop necklace: Buy from Amazon, $30.99 Silver rhinestone hoops: Buy from Amazon, $12.36 Black and silver heels: Buy from DSW, $59.99 Black embellished clutch: Buy from Amazon, $28.43 Cocktail attire DO: Pair it with heels Almost as important as the cocktail dress is the shoe choice

Courtney Smith is Fashion Assistant at Cosmopolitan UK and Women's Health UK, where she works across both print and digital

Maybe because the whole store stunk ha ha