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Around the Web: Toning Your Skin and Saving the Rainforest

Liz Taylor has a new fragrance. The surprise twist is that its name, Violet Eyes, is the result of Dame Elizabeth polling her followers on Twitter! [BellaSugar]

Fashion-savvy high schoolers may start trying to substitute magazines for test-prep books--Anna Sui was featured in the analogies and vocabulary section of the SATs. [Vogue UK]

Julianne Moore, Jeff Koons, Pharrell Williams, and pro-surfer Malia Jones have designed packaging for an Earth-Day edition of Kiehl's Acai Damage-Protecting Toning Mist, the proceeds of which will go to the Rainforest Alliance. [Fashionista]

Lauren Bush is working in conjunction with women from the Democratic Republic of Congo to create made-to-order, one-of-a-kind dresses for shoppers at Barneys New York. The line, Lauren Pierce Atelier, features fabrics hand-dyed by a woman whose name will be credited in the tag of each dress. [WWD]

Despite the likes of Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham, a survey of seven European nations by shopping site Ciao ranks Britain as the worst dressed on the continent! [The Sun via Stylelist]

Although Alexander McQueen won the Design Museum's annual award in the fashion category, he lost the overall award for best design to a Royal College of Art student who designed a plug that folds flat. [NY Mag]

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