The Saturday Fashion News Catch Up

InStyle's March Issue Includes A Pre-Split Interview With Heidi Klum - The Fash Pack

Scarlett Johansson’s Boyfriend Loves Himself - Lainey Gossip

Swarovski Crystallized & Erickson Beamon SS12 - Five Five Fabulous

Pentax K-01 by Marc Newson - Alex Loves

Are Fashion Internships Fundamentally Unfair? - Fashionista

Karl Lagerfeld Loves To Brush His Hair For Hours - Fashion Foie Gras

Gisele Signs Her Personal E-mails With Smiley Faces - The Cut

J.W. Anderson Pre Fall 2012: Culottes  Meet Flower Pots - Disneyrollergirl

Cover Loving: Victoria Beckham For i-D Magazine

I. LOVE. THIS. COVER! It is easily my all-time-favourite magazine cover featuring Victoria Beckham; she looks absolutely beautiful. Josh Olins did an amazing job shooting her for i-D's Pre-Spring 2012 issue, which is available now. Seriously into the leather cap!

Are you a fan of Victoria Beckham's i-D magazine cover? Will you be buying the issue?

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Win a Pair of EMU Australia Merino Wool Gloves

Who's feeling cold and miserable today? If so EMU Australia may be able to cheer you up, as they're offering one Coco's Tea Party reader a pair of cosy merino wool gloves. The neutral colour will go with just about any outfit (although currently most outfits consist of a coat, four or five jumpers and two pairs of jeans, right?) and the wooden button detailing is super cute. 

To enter simply like both Coco's Tea Party and EMU Australia on Facebook then leave a comment on this post to say you've entered (please include an email or Twitter address if you're not commenting via your blog). Good luck everyone, and FYI, they're one size fits all!

Like Coco's Tea Party on Facebook:

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Competition closes at midnight on 5th February and I'll be contacting the winner on Monday.

Fashion Dilemma: Would You Wear Flatforms?

Flatforms - or "flatworms" as my iPhone keeps calling them - are everywhere this season. Although they were much more prominent on the spring runways last year it's taken a good 12 months for them to make a big impression on the high street. Currently you can find them everywhere, from Topshop through to ASOS (so next summer we can probably expect an influx of mules - the questionable shoe shape of S/S 2012).

Left: Yves Saint Laurent flatforms, £880 or $1,365

Anyway, earlier in the week I was all for flatforms and was thinking about buying a floral pair from ASOS. My love for them lasted around half an hour, until I had a dramatic change of opinion and decide I hated them.

Interestingly when I tweeted about flatforms the response was completely split; some of you love them while others are completely against the chunky shoe.

So I think was should put it to a vote. Flatforms: are they hot or not? Vote now.

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Blake Lively Wears Spring's Sportiest Collections For ELLE US

There's a lot of excitement surrounding Blake Lively's March 2012 cover for US ELLE. There are three key reasons why: first of all it's a gorgeous cover, secondly it features golden girl Blake Lively, and thirdly she wears a Victoria Beckham dress on the cover. It would be shocking if the blogosphere didn't go gaga over Tom Munro and Joe Zee's cover shoot.

I'm a big fan of Blake Lively, so was also very happy to see her on the cover. In the accompanying editorial Blake wears a selection of the new season's best sport luxe looks. In fact, almost all were in my sportswear top ten. It's nice to see another side to Blake, no?

You can read snippets from Blake's feature HERE, although so far it doesn't sound like the most thrilling of celebrity interviews. And she's still insisting she doesn't have a stylist, although I've heard from multiple industry sources that she gets a lot of help from fashion insiders - obviously, anyone who's ever done call-ins before knows Blake would never have the time to case up DHL for her missing samples.

Were you excited to see Blake on the cover of ELLE US? Do you like her sporty editorial?

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Beauty Must-Have: Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer

A few years ago dark circles suddenly appeared under my eyes from nowhere. At first I thought they'd go away once I got more sleep/drank more water/ate more vegetables, but they stuck around. And I'm not happy about it.

I've tried a lot of products over the years - mostly expensive, usually with grand promises and almost always completely ineffective. I've had the most luck with YSL and Laura Mercier's concealers, which I really rate, but they're better on blemishes than dark circles.

Just as I was about to give up completely and hide under my House of Harlow sunglasses I discovered Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer. I've mentioned before how I adore Soap & Glory's hand cream (it's the best in the world) but hadn't tried any of their cosmetics. A silly mistake really, as their make up products all score very impressive reviews on Boots.com - almost all have five star ratings.

So I tried the Kick Ass Concealer, which sells for £10. Obviously it hasn't given me airbrush-perfect results, but it's easily the best concealer I've ever used on my dark circles. If you suffer from the same problem I would definitely recommend giving Soap & Glory a go.

Do you also suffer from dark circles too? Which concealers are your favourites?