Lena Dunham and Hamish Bowles Vogue

Indie darling Lena Dunham of Tiny Furniture and HBO's Girls fame stars as Vogue's cover girl for February 2014. Do I personally think of Ms. Dunham as a beacon of style synonymous with high fashion? No.  But the quirky and affable writer/director/actor does speak for a generation of intellectually angst ridden young women and Vogue certainly didn't take a risk by featuring Lena Dunham on its cover.

What really delighted me most about Dunham's turn in Vogue is its adorable video, "Cover Girl" with Vogue contributing editor Hamish Bowles teaching Dunham how to pose like fashion's most legendary models - in dance. It is charming for me to see Hamish Bowles participate in this as I've only been able to admire him through his witty writing. Let's face it, he'll never get to perform a cute skit with Jimmy Fallon or dance on air with Ellen Degeneres; he's fashion famous, not "famous-famous" (although for me he's as famous as it gets!).

Forget about Madonna- think of this as the real "Vogue-ing".

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Hamish Bowles and Lena Dunham in  Vogues "Cover Girl"

... and here's the February Vogue cover: