An empire of unparalleled fame rests uneasily in the hands of heirs who harbor an intense dislike for each other. Tensions in the family now threaten the legacy of one of the world’s most iconic eyewear brands.

This turmoil centers on an Italian family whose vast wealth was secured by building the illustrious Ray-Ban brand. Today, they find themselves embroiled in a searing legal feud, desperately battling for control over the multi-billion-dollar dynasty.

While they present a united front at glitzy venues like Fashion Week and the Met Gala, behind the scenes, the family operates in a realm reminiscent of a television drama. Their fierce inheritance disputes have spilled from boardrooms into courtrooms, casting a shadow over their public image.

This saga traces its roots back to Leonardo Del Vecchio, who started as a tool-and-die apprentice in Milan before founding Luxottica in 1961. Through strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of Ray-Ban and Oakley, and fusing with a French lens manufacturer, he built EssilorLuxottica, the largest entity in the eyewear industry.

Leonardo Del Vecchio’s passing in June 2022 left behind not only a staggering fortune, valued at $25.5 billion, but also a volatile situation—an impending storm over his heirs that could not be avoided.

Rather than crown a single heir, he carved up his stake in the secretive holding company that controls EssilorLuxottica, handing each of his six children 12.5 percent and his widow, Nicoletta Zampillo, 68, a 25 percent stake. She signed half of hers over to Rocco Basilico, 36, her son from her first marriage, leaving an eight-way split. 

His six children are scattered across three relationships. Claudio, 69, Marisa, 67, and Paola, 65, came from his first marriage, to Luciana Nervo. Leonardo Maria, 31, is the son he had with second wife Zampillo. And Luca, 24, and Clemente, 21, are his sons with Sabina Grossi, his former head of investor relations. 

The eight shares of Delfin are worth an estimated $3.5 billion each. As of 2023, that makes Del Vecchio’s heirs billionaires, cementing their ranking among Italy’s richest residents.

When it came to the over $125 million in inheritance tax, however, weeks passed before a decision was reached within the family. 

The hefty inheritance tax, combined with the transfer of two homes owned by Delfin (worth about $87 million) to Zampillo, and the transfer of 2.15 million EssilorLuxottica shares (worth about $307 million) to CEO Francesco Milleri, plus 22,000 shares to manager Romolo Bardin, left the estate temporarily in limbo. 

In his will, Del Vecchio did not specify who would replace him as president of Delfin, according to Italian news agency Ansa.

‘This is a succession planning failure playing out in public,’ business expert Brad Sugars told the Daily Mail. ‘When founders don’t architect airtight governance before they’re gone, families fight the battle after – expensively and visibly.’

Del Vecchio’s heirs chose to accept the inheritance ‘with benefit of inventory,’ meaning all assets and debts were identified before they decided to keep or sell – a way for the recipients to look at an estate before accepting the potential financial risks that come with it.

The potential extra amount owed would’ve been around $45.5 million for each of the six children. But even with the inventory process finished, the heirs reportedly had not yet reached an agreement on how to divide everything by September 2023.  

At the time, Leonardo Maria told the Via Solferino newspaper, ‘If I think we haven’t yet managed to close the succession, I’m honestly ashamed.’ 

In early 2024, the family members neared a ‘new agreement’ on the management of Del Vecchio’s estate, according to Forbes Italy. 

Some heirs asked for changes to Delfin’s internal rules that would make a clear path for any shareholder who wants to sell some or all of their stake. The proposed rules set out when and how an heir could exit their investment, rather than leaving the process open to negotiation each time. 

Enter Leonardo Maria.

Leonardo Maria is the only remaining heir who works at the company.

He first joined in 2017, eventually becoming the president of Ray Ban, which EssilorLuxottica acquired for $640 million in 1999. 

Recently, he laid out a plan to become the majority shareholder in the parent company. The proposal focuses on buying out the combined 25 percent stake in Delfin held by his siblings Luca and Paola. 

If successful, the deal would triple Leonardo Maria’s holding from 12.5 percent to 37.5 percent, making him the majority shareholder and putting him firmly in control of his family’s empire.

But the transaction depends on whether he can secure the $11.5 billion in financing from UniCredit, BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole, which he would then use to pay his siblings in exchange for their shares. 

Last month, Leonardo Maria’s half-brother Rocco challenged some of Delfin’s proposal in court in an attempt to block his sibling from becoming the majority shareholder. 

The half-brothers have since reached a provisional agreement. But in the aftermath, Leonardo Maria shared a statement saying his deal hasn’t been finalized because of ‘issues of sustainability and risk allocation.’

‘On 30 June, we will be addressing something much deeper: the very nature and future of Delfin,’ Leonardo Maria wrote in a letter, accusing Delfin’s leadership of failing to explain why concerns about his proposed buyout were raised only after shareholders approved parts of his deal.

The letter comes less than two weeks before Delfin’s upcoming shareholders’ meeting, scheduled for June 30.

And while Ray Ban may be the most recognizable consumer-facing brand, the real prize is Delfin’s industry-wide influence over EssilorLuxottica, Generali, UniCredit and Monte dei Paschi. 

The latter is one of the most important as the third largest Italian bank. Because Delfin is the majority shareholder, they have sway over curial mergers or acquisitions with competitors like Banco BPM or Intesa Sanpaolo.

Aside from making a splash in the business world, Leonardo Maria made headlines with his personal life by attending the Met Gala, Vogue Italia’s 60th anniversary dinner and other star-studded events in between. 

Leonardo Maria was also married to Anna Castellini Baldissera, having a wedding ceremony in June 2022 before divorcing six months later. 

The two, according to his Instagram account, actually married in September 2021 in the celebration hall of the Royal Palace in Milan. It is unclear why the couple split, according to Vanity Fair.

In July 2023, the heir and American Days of Our Lives star Jessica Serfaty, 35, got engaged.

The couple made a few public appearances – including on the Met Gala red carpet sporting Ray Bans – but Serfaty’s accusation of abuse on social media overshadowed the now-ended relationship. 

‘This is the man who has abused me,’ she said in a faltering voice, pointing the camera at Leonardo Maria. Shortly after, Serfaty posted a photo of herself posing in a bikini along with a statement withdrawing the allegation and defending her then-partner.

‘Leo and I apologize for any who were triggered or affected by yesterday’s story. Sometimes a family can have their own arguments and these should never be made public,’ it stated.

‘We ask that people respect our privacy at this time. I would never stay with an abusive man and which Leonardo Del Vecchio is not.

‘I revoke my words that were driven by anger and not in truth. I take back my words on a guy that will always be my companion, step father [to my child] and family person to me.’

Just weeks later, the couple called off their engagement.

Leonardo Maria was also caught in the middle of an investigation against a Milan-based private intelligence firm, Equalize.

Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore claimed prosecutors are investigating whether people connected to the Equalize intelligence network illegally gathered private information about Leonardo Maria and then used it to pressure or extort him. 

The heir said he was misled by Equalize into believing others were spying on him, while the same company was allegedly collecting information on him behind the scenes. 

The case suggests that some individuals who appeared to be clients of the surveillance operation may actually have been victims of it as well. As of June 2026, the Equalize investigation is still ongoing.

Now, Leonardo Maria is dating 22-year-old Polish content creator and model Kornelia Ski. The couple were spotted together at Cannes Film Festival, Art Basel Hong Kong and an event for Ray-Ban and Dolce & Gabbana.

Their relationship was first reported in early March 2026, shortly after they were spotted together at Milan Fashion Week. 

In April, the two posed with Scuderia Ferrari for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, Rocco was one of only two Del Vecchio heirs who worked at the family business long term, acting as EssilorLuxottica’s chief wearables officer and head of luxury brands until December 2025.

‘After six years supporting our smart eyewear journey, Rocco has decided to pursue his personal interests outside of the company, effective in January 2026,’ EssilorLuxottica said in a statement at the time. 

‘He leaves at a time when our position as the category leader is well defined and when our talent pipeline, particularly in the wearables space, is very healthy.’

Zampillo currently serves as the president of the Fondazione Leonardo Del Vecchio, advancing education and eye care initiatives worldwide. 

Her first marriage to Del Vecchio lasted from 1997 to 2000, after they met through her father’s ties to Luxottica. Leonardo Maria was born in May 1995.

After their separation, the two married again in 2010 and remained together until Del Vecchio’s death. 

Prior to Zampillo, Del Vecchio was married to Luciana Nervo. They had three children together: Claudio, Mariso and Paola Del Vecchio.

He also had a relationship with Sabina Grossi, former Luxottica board member and the company’s former head of investor relations. Although they had two children together, Luca and Clemente, they never wed. 

Claudio, one of Del Vecchio’s oldest children, acted as the Luxottica CEO in the 1990s, leading the acquisition of LensCrafters in 1995. 

After leaving the company, he acquired the luxury clothing store Brooks Brothers in 2001. It filed for bankruptcy in September 2020 and was later acquired by Authentic Brands.

Del Vecchio’s remaining children keep somewhat of a low profile, even if several of them top Forbes’ list of wealthiest businesspeople. Clemente, became the youngest billionaire in the world at just 19 years old when his father died. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Ray-Ban for comment. 

On the very day that Taylor Swift tied the knot with Travis Kelce in New York City, news emerged of the passing of one of her former teachers.

Kirk Schwabe, who once taught Swift criminal justice at Hendersonville High School in Nashville and later took on the role of her security guard, succumbed to metastatic kidney cancer at the age of 69 last Friday, as confirmed by his family to The Telegraph.

Sarah Gordon, Schwabe’s daughter, disclosed on Thursday that her father’s condition had worsened significantly, leading to his transition to hospice care.

“In recent weeks, his health declined swiftly, prompting his move to hospice care,” Gordon shared on Facebook this past Thursday.

“Those who know my father understand that he devoted his heart to everything he did,” Sarah elaborated. “Teaching was his passion, and he cherished his students.”

Gordon posted a photo of Swift with her dad while holding a framed record plaque commemorating the release of her 2006 self-titled debut album, “Taylor Swift.”

Schwabe was a police officer in Chicago before he became a criminal justice educator and taught Swift from 2004 to 2006, while the “Opalite” singer was in her mid-teens.

Before his death, Schwabe said he believed his former student had found the right partner in Kelce.

“I do trust Taylor’s judgment. She knows what’s best,” he said in an interview with The Telegraph which was published on July 2.

Schwabe recalled telling Swift that her life was about to change as her career took off.

“I told her, you’re a superstar. This is not fun and games no more. You are it. Everything keeps going up and up and up, and the sky’s the limit for you,” he said.

While working as Swift’s security guard, Schwabe admitted he watched her rise to fame with “panic.”

“If anything happens, I’m the guy,” he said. “We got four or five hundred people in here, and I got some extra security guards, but I don’t know a lot of these guys who got hired, I don’t know what their qualifications are.”

“He treated her like he did his daughters,” his wife Jane added.

Schwabe later left his job as Swift’s security guard after becoming burned out, but remained fond of the singer.

When the pop star made a cameo in the 2010 film “Valentine’s Day,” her character’s teacher was named “Mr. Schwabe,” in reference to the beloved educator.

Swift and Kelce married in a star-studded ceremony at Madison Square Garden officiated by Adam Sandler on Friday.

Although Schwabe did not live to see the wedding, his family told the outlet he remained proud of Swift’s success and was happy for both her and Kelce ahead of the ceremony.

Swift’s aunt Robin Gentry revealed the couple “cried and they laughed and they danced and they hugged and they kissed,” adding there was “lots” of food and that guests were served cake.

Paul McCartney performed The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” for the couple, while Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks also took the stage. 

Signs outside MSG read “JUST&T MARRIED” to announce the news that the couple had made things official.

Jessica Alba found herself among a surprising ensemble of celebrities attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding on July 3.

The 45-year-old former actress, now a successful businesswoman, was accompanied by her younger companion, 33-year-old Danny Ramirez, at the Madison Square Garden celebration held on Friday.

Following the wedding ceremony, Alba shared affectionate videos of the couple as they prepared for the festivities on her social media.

In a TikTok clip, the duo was seen getting ready for their night out, with Ramirez giving Alba a kiss while she was casually dressed in a grey robe and adorned with a towel around her head and eye patches.

The short video smoothly transitioned to reveal the couple glammed up and ready for the glamorous star-studded evening.

Alba announced her divorce from movie producer Cash Warren in January 2025, then struck up a romance with Ramirez in July. 

For the special occasion, she wore a two-toned black and gold Prada dress, borrowed from BFF Kelly Sawyer.

The star wore her long, honey-highlighted locks in a high ponytail full of spiral curls, topping it with a black bow.

And she added small, platinum-toned hoops and ear cuffs to her look.

Her man joined her in a black tuxedo, white shirt, and black bowtie. 

Alba’s Instagram post was accompanied by Swift’s 2008 song Love Story.

‘We love love. Congrats to T&T – such a beautiful night celebrating you,’ she captioned Saturday’s Instagram post.

Ramirez went Instagram official with the mom of three in a January 10th slideshow, and she began posting pictures of him online on February 20. 

The Trigger Warning actress shares daughters Honor, 18, Haven, 14, and son Hayes, nine, with Warren, 47.

Swift and Kelce’s wedding was full of actors, movie moguls, sports stars and supermodels. 

Rapper Jay-Z and teenage daughter Blue Ivy were spotted arriving in Midtown on Friday, touching down via a chopper alongside Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. 

Musicians including Jack Antonoff, Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello and the Haim sisters were also in attendance. 

Celebrity couple Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner also turned out.

Boldface names from the movie business, including Ethan Hawke, Adam Sandler, Jessica Chastain, Zoe Kravitz, Suki Waterhouse and Anya Taylor-Joy, were also there.

In the wake of the celebration, the famous took to social media using their invites to the exclusive wedding to gain social points.

Alba, Jennifer Lopez, and Brad Paisley are just some of the big-name stars who posted their looks online. 

CHICAGO — In an exciting update for baseball fans, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs and Miguel Vargas from the Chicago White Sox have earned spots on the reserve rosters for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game, representing the National League and American League, respectively.

This announcement came on Saturday evening when both teams revealed their All-Star players.

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Shohei Ohtani, a standout player, is set to headline the National League’s starting lineup, accompanied by three teammates from the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have been champions for two consecutive years. MLB shared this exciting lineup on Saturday while unveiling the rosters for the upcoming All-Star Game.

Dominating the votes, Ohtani has been chosen as the National League’s designated hitter. Joining him are Dodgers’ stars Freddie Freeman at first base, Max Muncy at third, and Andy Pages patrolling the outfield.

Completing the National League’s starting lineup are outfielder Juan Soto from the New York Mets, outfielder Brandon Marsh from the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams, Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies, and catcher Drake Baldwin.

In the American League, leading vote-getter Ernie Clement is joined by Toronto Blue Jays teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the right side of the infield, along with Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez.

The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge and the Minnesota Twins’ Byron Buxton will make up the AL’s starting outfield.

The All-Star Game will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 14. Starters were voted on by the fans, while the reserves were selected as a combination between Major League Baseball and ballots cast by current players, managers and coaches.

The Dodgers (Ohtani, Freeman, Muncy, Pages and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto), Braves (Baldwin, Albies, first baseman Matt Olson, starting pitcher Chris Sale and closer Raisel Iglesias) and Phillies (Marsh, first baseman Bryce Harper, DH Kyle Schwarber, starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez and closer Jhoan Duran) are each sending five players to the All-Star Game.

The Blue Jays (Clement, Guerrero, starting pitcher Dylan Cease and closer Louis Varland), Yankees (Judge, first baseman Ben Rice, outfielder Cody Bellinger and starting pitcher Cam Schlittler) and Rays (Caminero, DH Yandy Diaz, starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen and closer Bryan Baker) are sending four each.

Just as notable on the rosters, though, was a star-studded rookie class, with Travis Bazzana and Parker Messick of the Cleveland Guardians, Kevin McGonigle of the Detroit Tigers and Sal Stewart of the Cincinnati Reds all making the team.

The full list of AL reserves, starting with position players, are Dillon Dingler (Tigers), Adley Rutschman (Baltimore Orioles), Bazzana, Nick Kurtz (Athletics), McGonigle, Rice, Miguel Vargas (Chicago White Sox), Randy Arozarena (Seattle Mariners), Bellinger, Riley Greene (Tigers), Diaz, Baker, Cease, Aroldis Chapman (Boston Red Sox), Jacob Latz (Texas Rangers), Messick, Rasmussen, Joe Ryan (Twins), Schlittler, Cade Smith (Guardians), Ranger Suarez (Red Sox), Varland and Michael Wacha (Kansas City Royals).

The NL reserves are William Contreras (Milwaukee Brewers), Hunter Goodman (Colorado Rockies), Luis Arraez (San Francisco Giants), Harper, Otto Lopez (Miami Marlins), Olson, Stewart, Corbin Carroll (Arizona Diamondbacks, Pete Crow-Armstrong (Chicago Cubs), Jordan Walker (St. Louis Cardinals), James Wood (Washington Nationals), Schwarber, Chase Burns (Reds), Duran, Iglesias, Max Meyer (Marlins), Mason Miller (San Diego Padres), Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers), Eduardo Rodriguez (Diamondbacks), Sale, Sanchez, Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh Pirates), Logan Webb (Giants) and Yamamoto.

Sanchez is the favorite to start the All-Star Game for the NL, given his Cy Young candidacy and the opportunity to pitch in his home ballpark. Schlittler, Rasmussen and Cease are candidates to start for the AL.

MLB once again designated one representative from each of its 30 teams and will go back to having players wear their original team uniforms for this year’s All-Star Game, bucking the recent trend of specialized jerseys for the event.

Five of the starters — Langeliers, Clement, Baldwin, Marsh and Pages — are first-time All-Stars. Freeman and Sale, meanwhile, are going for the 10th time.

Trout is making his 12th trip to the All-Star Game and first since 2023, an event he did not attend because he was recovering from an injury to his left hand. Trout is currently on the injured list with a hamstring injury, but he is expected to be activated by early next week and expects to be on the field for this year’s Midsummer Classic, which will take place close to where he grew up.

The first-place Dodgers, aiming to become the first NL team to win three consecutive championships, have had at least five players make the All-Star Game seven consecutive years.

ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.

As soon as Saturday’s baseball game commenced at Dodger Stadium, the sky outside sparkled with fireworks in celebration of the Fourth of July.

Yet, the real show inside the stadium was reserved for the sixth inning when Freddie Freeman ignited the packed crowd during the Dodgers’ 3-0 triumph over the Padres.

In an unexpected pitching contest featuring All-Star Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Griffin Canning, who had an ERA above 7.00, Freeman made the defining play with a solo home run on his third at-bat, which firmly secured the Dodgers’ lead and ultimately the series victory.

Until that critical juncture, Yamamoto’s performance was practically flawless, preserving the Dodgers’ narrow 1-0 advantage, which had been earned in the third inning through an RBI single by Andy Pages.

However, once Canning exited the mound, Freeman made a stunning introduction to reliever Kyle Hart, sending a definitive reminder of his power with a home run on the third pitch, marking his 15th of the season. Notably, this was the same day he was selected to his 10th career All-Star Game.

“Every one is special,” Freeman said. “So looking forward to next week.”

While that blast only made it a two-run game, it felt like much more the way Yamamoto was dealing.

After working around three singles in the first two innings, then stranding his lone walk of the night in the fourth, the right-hander validated his own All-Star selection from earlier in the day, retiring 11 of his last 12 batters to complete a scoreless seven-inning outing.

From there, all the Independence Day crowd had to do was wait for the actual postgame fireworks show.

Alex Vesia stranded a Padres runner in the top of the eighth with a three-pitch strikeout. Freeman stretched the Dodgers’ lead with the bottom of the inning –– against Padres superstar closer Mason Miller, no less –– with an RBI single. And in the ninth, Will Klein collected his second save of the season.

What it means

After dramatic come-from-behind wins in the first two games of this series, the Dodgers (58-31) produced a much more straightforward wire-to-wire victory Saturday, one that knocked the Padres (43-45) out of second place entirely in the division.

Now, the Arizona Diamondbacks are the next-closest team in the standings. But even they remain a whopping 14 games back as the All-Star break nears.

The Dodgers have taken this opportunity to pull away in the division –– with two series against the Padres in the span of two weeks –– and ran with it by winning five of six games so far against their Southern California rivals.

“We’ve got a good team, and we’re playing really good baseball,” Freeman said. “That’s what happens.”

Who’s hot

It was no surprise to see Yamamoto make the All-Star team.

The bigger question now is whether he can make a push for Cy Young contention.

The third-year Japanese right-hander has been pitching at that level over the last couple months, having allowed just nine runs in 54 ⅔ innings in his last eight starts to lower his ERA to 2.49.

That mark is now the sixth-lowest in the National League. His nine wins are also tied for sixth-most.

For now, Yamamoto was simply happy to be selected to the NL team, even though he is unlikely to pitch in the Midsummer Classic with his next outing scheduled for next Saturday (three days before the game).

“I was there and [felt] happiness and honor last year,” Yamamoto said through his interpreter. “I tasted it last year. Going back there is meaningful to me.”

Who’s not

Pages. Not this year.

Last summer, Pages admitted he was “bothered” when he failed to make the All-Star Game, narrowly missing out thanks largely to a late June slump.

Thus, this year, Pages made a point of not paying attention to his All-Star status, even as he ended up beating Michael Harris II to the wire in fan voting for the NL’s final starting outfield spot.

“I’m really proud of the work that I’ve been doing and to have the opportunity,” Pages said in Spanish, before joking that he could only block All-Star talk out so much in recent weeks around his teammates in the clubhouse.

“They’ve been telling me that it was possible that I could make it, that I could be selected, but I always was trying to wait until I was selected. You just don’t know until the end of all the selections.”

Pages has cooled off since his scorching start to the season, hitting just .217 since May 29. Nevertheless, he has remained a key run producer at the top of the Dodgers’ lineup, with his RBI single on Saturday putting him back in a tie for the MLB lead with 63 this year.

Up next

The teams conclude this four-game series with a Sunday Night Baseball showdown, when Emmet Sheehan (4-5, 5.08 ERA) will face Padres left-hander JP Sears (1-1, 6.97 ERA).

Lena Dunham appeared noticeably slimmer in recent snapshots featuring the designer outfits she donned for Taylor Swift’s wedding festivities held at Madison Square Garden.

At 40 years old, the creator of Girls participated in both the cozy rehearsal dinner catering to 100 guests on Thursday and the grand ceremony followed by a reception for 1,000 attendees on Friday night.

A close friend of the bride, Dunham gave a bold and entertaining speech at the rehearsal dinner, leaving some guests in surprise, as the Daily Mail exclusively reported.

She later joined a star-studded assembly that included icons such as Bradley Cooper, Gigi Hadid, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Beyonce, and Hugh Grant to witness Swift’s union with NFL player Travis Kelce on Friday.

Recently, her stylist Talia Cassel sparked interest on Instagram by showcasing the personalized ensembles she put together for Dunham to wear at the events.

In both of the custom outfits – one by Christian Cowan and one by Amber Doyle – Dunham’s reduced frame was impossible to miss.

The Daily Mail has contacted Dunham’s representatives for comment.

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.’

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.