What style & color shoes & stockings do I wear with a black strapless, cocktail dress?

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What style & color shoes & stockings do I wear with a black strapless, cocktail dress? The dress has a silver brooch & it’s for a winter, sweet sixteen party.

A black strapless cocktail dress for a sweet sixteen party sounds awesome. You cannot go wrong with black pumps, black slingback or black strappy style sandals with sheer black stockings and a black strapless, cocktail dress. Stockings give you a polished, chic look and keep your legs warm in the winter. Other ideas would be black stockings with silver shimmer, black tights with black shoes or ultra sheer nude color stockings with closed-toe black shoes.

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