Is this the most quirky Vogue cover of all time? After months of rumor mill gossip, it was confirmed today that Girls‘ Lena Dunham is their February cover star! The 27-year-old eccentric actress, producer and writer (oh, and can’t forget fan-favorite tweeter), who was shot by Annie Leibovitz for the magazine, beat the the critics to the punch by appearing slightly stressed out and nervous for the feature shot. She opens up to Vogue about her childhood, her privacy and of course, fashion. Check out the highlights below and read the full interview here!
Girls’ Lena Dunham Covers Vogue! See It Here
On growing up: “I thought of myself as relatively unpopular. It wasn’t anybody’s fault – I didn’t go to high school with mean kids – but I didn’t feel part of it… I didn’t really start to feel like I had friends in a real way until I graduated from college and became engaged with the people I’d be engaged with professionally. I had really bad OCD. I was really lonely at school. I felt a lot of shame.”
On her fashion sense: “I’ve always loved Comme des Garçons; I’ve always loved Yohji Yamamoto. I’m into Charlotte Olympia flats. I really love a Prada bag because they always have one weird detail that you didn’t think about. I always wear J Brand jeans because the waist is high… a low-cut jean is a problematic thing for me.”
On meeting her boyfriend: “I had a whole romantic idea about singledom, and then, of course, that’s the moment when you meet someone that you really care about.”
On her privacy: “I have a really great private existence, almost more like a memoirist or a columnist would, and less like an actor would. Which I enjoy, because I can’t overstate how much I hate leaving the house. It’s important for me to have a lot of time alone, and to have a lot of time in my house by myself. My entire life sort of takes place between me and my dog, my books, and my boyfriend, and my private world. To me, privacy isn’t necessarily equated with secret-keeping. What’s private is my relationship with myself.”
On Los Angeles: “It was such a weird scene. I remember thinking, I don’t feel at home here, and no matter how long this is my job, I will never feel at home here. And if I do start to feel at home here, someone should really worry about me.”
