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"  As the face of Gucci Premi\u00E8re fragrance, she&amp;#039;s been involved in the brand&amp;#039;s massively successful Chime for Change charity initiative, which kicked off with a megaconcert in London last year (&amp;quot;It was very exciting to hear the audience cheer just as much for a woman who had broken out of a horrible life cycle in India as for Madonna&amp;quot;) and has since raised close to $5 million, funding more than 260 projects that benefit women in 81 countries. Starting in April, purchasers of Gucci perfumes (via Macy&amp;#039;s or Macys.com) will be able to donate a $5 portion of the price to a charity of their choice via the Chime for Change website. &amp;quot;Sure, you can buy the fragrance and then not go online, but then you&amp;#039;re the jerk,&amp;quot; Lively says. &amp;quot;This makes the consumer an active participant by giving them responsibility.&amp;quot;  Blake Lively on her yearlong break from acting: &amp;quot;Having a personal life has been really nice. I&amp;#039;d been on Gossip Girl 10 months a year for six years, shooting 15-hour days, so I hadn&amp;#039;t had time to just be since I graduated from high school. It&amp;#039;s been nice to kind of settle into my own skin and work on things I really love.&amp;quot; Related: Looking Back: Blake Lively How her own personal style is starting to evolve: &amp;quot;The older I get, I guess I wear less sparkles. And I know that someday my knees are going to look like elephant knees. But for now, my hemlines are still pretty high.&amp;quot; This article appears in the April 2014 issue of ELLE on newsstands March 25. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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