Makeup-free Lena Dunham steps out in a covered up casual ensemble

Taking it down a notch! Makeup-free Lena Dunham steps out in a covered up casual ensemble a day after revealing photo spread hit stands

Published: 13:39 EST, 12 January 2017 | Updated: 15:43 EST, 12 January 2017

On Wednesday she was glammed up and posed in a swimsuit with her legs in the air, but 24 hours later it was back to business in something a little more low key.

Lena Dunham headed out in New York on Thursday bright and early with a little pep in her sneaker-clad step.

The 30-year-old had good reason to smile, as the previous day her interview with Nylon was released and it - along with the provocative fashion shoot - had everyone talking.

Keeping it simple: Lena Dunham headed out in New York on Thursday bright and early with a little pep in her sneaker-clad step

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Leave it to Lena to have us fall in love with her all over again as she hit the streets in a slouchy striped sweater with some ripped jeans and a mismatched punchy printed tote that she topped off with a retro styled windbreaker by New Balance.

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No doubt off to do something for her show Girls - she is currently working on the final ever edits - Lena left the avant-garde fashions at the magazine and wore something a little more low key.

The Girls creator stepped out in a pair of dark jeans with rips on the knees and a black and white stripped top.

Lena threw on a New Balance coaches jacket plus some lace-free sneakers and added some slip-on sneakers.

Adding a pop of colour to the look, the actress carried a red and black print tote.

Casually cool: The Girls creator stepped out in a pair of dark jeans with rips on the knees and a black and white stripped top

Sporty layers: Lena threw on a New Balance coaches jacket plus some lace-free sneakers and added some slip-on sneakers

The star skipped popping on makeup and gave fans and photographers a big smile as she jumped out of her town car with a green tea in hand.

The 30-year-old actress and writer has bared all - literally and metaphorically - in a new interviewer with Nylon released Wednesday.

The Girls' creator is the magazine's cover star and, once again, proves when it comes to being a Hollywood starlet, she is not that type of girl.

Doing it her way: The 30-year-old seemed chipper and had good reason to smile, as the previous day her interview with Nylon was released and it - along with the provocative fashion shoot - had everyone talking.

In the interview Lena reveals her fears and hopes now that Donald Trump rather than her Presidential pick Hilary Clinton is going to be in office and discusses the fact she will not 'do another show that starred four white girls'.

But her fashion spread all but steals the show from her deep confessions as it is rather unconventional and revealing.

For the February issue, Lena has model swimwear with some attention demanding poses.

Did not hold back: The Girls' creator is the magazine's cover star and, once again, proves when it comes to being a Hollywood starlet, she is not that type of girl posing in a myriad of risque positions that are not for the faint-hearted

In two of the images - one on the floor and one on a chair - the star poses with her leg pulled up the air while wearing a swimsuit.

While both poses threaten to expose more than just her maroon one piece, the star has revealed she has never felt better.

On Instagram on Wednesday, the famous feminist said: 'For the first time in my career, posing for pictures feels honest and joyful.

'Feels honest and joyful': In two of the images - one on the floor and one on a chair - the star poses with her leg pulled up the air while wearing a swimsuit

Photo range: Lena - who often demands magazines do not use Photoshop on her images - did also model her outfits with more traditional poses as well

'Maybe that's being 30. Maybe that's demanding to be seen for who I am, teensy stomach moles on pale rounded stomach and all.

Still nasty: The actress' Nylon cover story is titled, 'Lena Dunham, Nasty As She Wanna Be'

'Thank you beloved @nylonmag for introducing me to so much style and content over the years, and for embracing me in my totality on your cover. I'm feeling v blessed and highly favored.'

The star also thanked the photographers Sylvia Sanchez and Maurio Mongiello for helping her feel powerful in the unconventional shoot.

'It's not just any photog who takes me here. Ass out heart open. Thank you Sylvia Sanchez and Maurio Mongiello! And Sally Lyndley, for anointing me with sacred crystals.'

Lena - who often demands magazines do not use Photoshop on her images - did also model her outfits with more traditional poses as well.

While the images of the star with her legs in the air are probably not everyone's cups of tea - Lena does not care.

The star told Nylon that she has learnt to not be so concerned about what people think of her.

'Not my problem': While the images of the star with her legs in the air are probably not everyone's cups of tea - Lena does not care, as she is learning not to need everyone to like her

Gets them talking: When it comes to the millennial marvel, people certainly have a lot of options which have ranged from light-hearted criticism to all-out threats, especially due to her support for Hilary Clinton during the presidential campaign

'The older I get, the more I'm like, ''I don't f**king know what anybody is seeing when they look at me,'' and the coolest thing is it's not my problem.

'That's an interesting thing. It kind of doesn't matter. I used to think the worst thing in the world could be for someone to have a thought about you that you didn't have yourself. Now I'm like, ''Have at it, guys!''

As a female in a male dominated industry, she is doing her best to stop trying to be liked by everyone.

Nasty Woman: As a feminist and a Democrat, she had long been a target for alt-right trolls on the internet and, post Donald Trump's win, she was besieged by threats from her now empowered-opponents

Moving forward: Lena said she does her best to understand these people, as 'what we're dealing with in America isn't just misogyny, isn't just racism, but is also this unspoken constant tug between people living on different sides of the class divide'

Not a working class hero: The star said, 'There's a sense of snobbery or intellectualism that feels like it's the enemy of patriotism and also the enemy of the working class, which is by no means where I ever wanted to position myself'

'Sometimes being a creator, and especially being a female creator, is an exercise in shutting people's voices out, because there are so many who think they understand better than you how to do your job.'

And when it comes to the millennial marvel, people certainly have a lot of options which have ranged from light-hearted criticism to all-out threats, especially due to her support for Hilary Clinton during the presidential campaign.

As a feminist and a publicly declared Nasty Woman, she had long been a target for alt-right trolls on the internet and, post Donald Trump's win, she was besieged by threats from her now empowered-opponents.

Different approach: The 30-year-old - who has been accused of being exclusionary especially when it comes to women of colour, said she would not do a show 'that starred four white girls' like her hit Girls

However, Lena said she does her best to understand these people: 'So much of what we're dealing with in America isn't just misogyny, isn't just racism, but is also this unspoken constant tug between people living on different sides of the class divide.

'You come in and you're like, ''I went to Oberlin. My godparents are both art critics. I was raised at a women's action coalition meeting,'' and that's repugnant to them on a thousand levels.

'There's a sense of snobbery or intellectualism that feels like it's the enemy of patriotism and also the enemy of the working class, which is by no means where I ever wanted to position myself.'

Changing times: Lena is still coming to grips with her place and the place of her rebellious and culture-defining show Girls, which is in its final season, in a Trump world

Prepared for social media war: The show will hopefully 'bring up important conversations, and not just become the worst Twitter abuse storm in history - or it will'

However, while Lena has prided herself in giving a voice to those who have been left out of the conversation, she two has been accused to being exclusionary and also promoting cultural stereotypes, especially when it comes to women of colour.

The star admits Girls is flawed: 'I wouldn't do another show that starred four white girls.

New environment: Lena said it would be interesting promoting the show around the same time as Donald Trump's (pictured Tuesday at his first press conference since he was voted in) Inauguration

'That being said, when I wrote the pilot I was 23. Each character was an extension of me. I thought I was doing the right thing. I was not trying to write the experience of somebody I didn't know, and not trying to stick a black girl in without understanding the nuance of what her experience of hipster Brooklyn was.'

Lena is still coming to grips with her place and the place of her rebellious and culture-defining show Girls, which is in its final season, in a Trump world.

'We wrote in a climate where we were thinking a lot about this election, and the election was heating up as we shot the show, and that energy for sure made its way into how we tackled topics. I don't mean to be demurring, but there are some big female issues, more than maybe ever before.

'It's going to be interesting promoting this show right after Trump is inaugurated.

'Hopefully it'll bring up important conversations, and not just become the worst Twitter abuse storm in history - or it will.'

'The confluence, for me, of the show ending and this new era beginning in which I know that we as public women are going to have to fight harder than we ever have before, is a really interesting, complicated moment.'

Not going away: While the actress has joked she would 'become a wildlife rehabilitator and a crystal expert' she plans to have a break but will be back after the final Girls