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Lena Dunham got her first Vogue cover last week, Jezebel asked for and received the un-retouched images thanks to a $10,000 bounty, and Vogue and Lena both responded. But before all the drama was the actual cover shoot. Lena was pretty nervous about according to a charming short that's now up on the magazine's site. We won't spoil it, but Lena calls Vogue legend Hamish Bowles (and fashion fairy godfather to Lena) over to help her nail this cover shoot thing. Then they dance. Take a look below.
· Lena Dunham and Hamish Bowles Star in "Cover Girl" [Vogue]
· Hamish Bowles Made Lena Dunham Change into the Pink Pumps She Wore to the Met Gala [Racked]
· Twitter Reacts to the Un-Retouched Lena Dunham Pictures [Racked]