Lena Dunham appeared noticeably slimmer in newly shared photos showcasing the designer looks she wore for Taylor Swift’s wedding celebrations at Madison Square Garden.
The 40-year-old Girls creator attended both parts of the festivities: a smaller rehearsal dinner for about 100 guests on Thursday, followed by the lavish ceremony and reception for roughly 1,000 attendees on Friday night.
Dunham, who has been close to the bride for years, reportedly delivered a risqué speech during the rehearsal dinner that surprised some guests, according to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail.
The following evening, she joined a star-packed guest list that included Bradley Cooper, Gigi Hadid, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Beyoncé, Hugh Grant and others as Swift exchanged vows with NFL star Travis Kelce.
Dunham’s stylist, Talia Cassel, later took to Instagram to share a closer look at the outfits she selected for the high-profile wedding events.
The custom ensembles — one designed by Christian Cowan and the other by Amber Doyle — highlighted Dunham’s noticeably reduced frame.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Dunham’s representatives for comment.
Lena Dunham appeared noticeably slimmer in new photos of the designer outfits she wore to Taylor Swift’s wedding events at Madison Square Garden.
Amber Doyle had produced a lime green skirt suit that shimmered under the lights, cut off at the knee and teamed with matching shoes thrifted from The RealReal
Meanwhile the Christian Cowan look included a magenta top with flared robe-like cuffs, garnished with a massive floral brooch done in tulle
Cowan’s more formal creation was presumably the one Dunham wore for Friday night’s ceremony, which was officiated by Adam Sandler and featured performances by Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks and Swift herself.
The newlyweds, who had their respective brothers Austin Swift and Jason Kelce as Man of Honor and Best Man, were dressed in Christian Dior Haute Couture.
For what may have been Dunham’s rehearsal dinner outfit, Amber Doyle had produced a lime green skirt suit that shimmered under the lights, cut off at the knee and teamed with matching shoes thrifted from The RealReal.
Meanwhile the Christian Cowan look included a magenta top with flared robe-like cuffs, garnished with a massive floral brooch done in tulle.
Dunham’s figure was cinched in by a slimming black floor-length skirt that featured a waistline designed to slightly resemble a cummerbund.
Last year at the height of the Ozempic era, she bewailed the decline of the body positivity movement, which she said was ‘here, and then it was gone,’ via Variety.
‘I obviously am not critical of anybody’s choice, whether it’s to use Ozempic – people should be allowed to have whatever body they feel comfortable in,’ she said.
‘But we cannot pretend that the bodies people want aren’t influenced, and we can’t claim it’s always for health reasons and not for aesthetic reasons.’
Dunham, a longtime friend of the bride, delivered a raunchy speech at the first event that left some of the guests ‘gasping’; the pair are pictured at the 2015 Golden Globes
She then joined a cavalcade of stars to see Swift marry NFL star Travis Kelce on Friday; the pair are pictured as the groom’s team the Kansas City Chiefs won the 2024 Super Bowl
Her fluctuating size has been a lightning rod of public conversation ever since she shot to fame in 2012 on her self-created series Girls, featuring numerous sex scenes in which Dunham exposed her physique on camera.
She attributed her weight gain in recent years both to sobriety and to her raft of medical issues, including endometriosis that led in 2017 to a total hysterectomy with ovarian removal, which in turn resulted in early menopause.
In 2019, she raved on Instagram that she was ‘the happiest I’ve ever been,’ having allowed herself to relax and ‘weigh the most I ever have.’
She has been married since late 2021 to the musician Luis Felber, whom she first met on a blind date near the beginning of that year.
Swift’s wedding presented the risk Dunham might have an awkward run-in with her ex Jack Antonoff, a longstanding friend and co-writer of the bride.
The discomfiture of the potential encounter might have been amplified by the fact Dunham had just presented a scathing account of their romance in her new memoir Famesick, which soared to the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
