Ryan, then an editor at Bazaar.) Here, Dunham reflects on her lifelong fascination with Eloise and the artist who brought her to life. (The pair, as it turns out, were introduced in the 1950s by Knight's upstairs neighbor, D.D. "Lena has all those qualities in spades and nailed to the wall." Their mutual admiration led Dunham to produce her first documentary for HBO, It's Me, Hilary, which premieres on March 23 and chronicles Knight's life and collaboration with Eloise's author, Kay Thompson. "I am inspired by women with power, style, and, most importantly, imagination," says Knight, now 87. When she later met Eloise's illustrator, Hilary Knight, they became fast friends. Lena Dunham fell in love with Eloise before she was even old enough to read-and formed an attachment so strong that, at age 17, she had the character tattooed on her lower back.
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