Lena Dunham’s Little Sister Freed the Nipple at New York Fashion Week

Grace Dunham on the runway at Eckhaus Latta. Photo: IMAXTree

You might not have heard of Eckhaus Latta, an indie label which started in 2011 and has heralded pansexual fashion, but you’ve certainly heard of one of the models who walked in the Spring 2016 show. Grace Dunham, sister of Lena Dunham, made her runway debut on Monday.

The poet and actress, who will appear in Lena’s critically acclaimed show Girls on HBO this upcoming season, was chosen alongside a crew of professionals and non-models to show the brand’s dresses and tops with innovative cutouts, inventive silhouettes, and shirts and skirts using very thin fabric.

Dunham was selected as one the lucky stars because she’s friends with designers Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, both Rhode Island School of Design alumnus. The 23-year-old wore a denim skirt with superfluous strap details with a sheer crop top (the photo above is blurred but her nipple piercing was on full display). She accessorized with an open-neck silver necklace and flat black moto boots. She didn’t shave her legs for the occasion and a tattoo written in script with “Baby” on the upper thigh.

“I didn’t have my glasses on, so I couldn’t see anything, so not much [was going on in my head]. I was trying to think about what Mike said. He was like, ‘Chain from the top of your head to the ceiling, shoulders back, walking like you’re like you’re listening to music and no one can f*** with your zone,‘” she told Elle. “So I was just trying to heed his advice. And I was like, I walk like a boy, but my huge tits are out, so I was just thinking about that dissidence.“

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