After spending most of the morning checking out VF’s Best Dressed, I began to wander around the site only to find so many more amazing pictures of great fashion, great actors, and great inspirations.
I love this view of Hollywood, don’t you?

Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloë Sevigny, Sophia Loren, and Penélope Cruz, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the cover of the April 2001 Hollywood Issue.

Sischy writes, “Cruz isn’t cookie-cutter pretty—she even has a bit of a schnoz—but her unusual features come together in a memorable aria of real beauty.” Photographed in Segovia, Spain, by Annie Leibovitz for the September 2001 issue.

Photographed in Segovia, Spain, by Annie Leibovitz for the September 2001 issue.

Shakira

Selma Blair, photographed by Norman Jean Roy at the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed, near Los Angeles, for the October 2008 issue. Read “Letting Herself Go,” by Jim Windolf. Styled by Jessica Diehl.

Jessica Biel, photographed by Norman Jean Roy in Beverly Hills for the September 2006 issue. Styled by Deda Coben.

Scarlett Johansson, photographed by Annie Leibovitz at Pfeiffer Beach, in Big Sur, California, for the August 2005 issue. Styled by Lori Goldstein.

Isabel Lucas, VF June 2009

Star Trek star Chris Pine, photographed by Mark Seliger at Hinano Cafe, in Venice Beach, California, for the May 2009 issue. Read “To Boldly Star,” by Krista Smith. Styled by David Thomas.

James Franco, photographed by Doug Inglish for the December 2008 issue. Read “Franco cum Laude,” by David Kamp. Styled by Sam Broekema.

Tony Bennett and friends, photographed by Annie Leibovitz at the Loew’s Theatre in Jersey City, New Jersey, for the August 2006 issue. Styled by Wendy Schecter.

APRIL 1995: “HOLLYWOOD HIGHEST—THE CLASS OF 2000” Jennifer Jason Leigh, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julianne Moore, Angela Bassett, and Sandra Bullock.

APRIL 1996: “BOYS’ TOWN” Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, David Arquette, Will Smith, and Skeet Ulrich.

APRIL 1997: “THE NEXT WAVE” Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Renée Zellweger, Minnie Driver, Alison Elliott, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, and Fairuza Balk.

APRIL 1998: “THE HOT NEXT WAVE” Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Natalie Portman, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Christina Ricci, Ed Furlong, and Rufus Sewell.

APRIL 1999: “NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK” Adrien Brody, Thandie Newton, Monica Potter, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Polley, Norman Reedus, Anna Friel, Omar Epps, Kate Hudson, Vinessa Shaw, and Barry Pepper.

APRIL 2003: “ALPHA LIST” Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Ewan McGregor, and Matt Damon.

APRIL 2004: “SEND IN THE GOWNS” Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Hilary Swank, Alison Lohman, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

MARCH 2005: “NOT SO DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” Uma Thurman, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Scarlett Johansson, Rosario Dawson, Ziyi Zhang, Kerry Washington, Kate Bosworth, and Sienna Miller.