Spotted: "Soundtrack to Nothing" Opening at Bespoke Gallery

The best place to people watch while grabbing some free wine are art exhibitions, receptions and openings: art is one of those fields where all tribes of people collide, from the well-heeled and wealthy to the most art-damaged hipsters. We were at the opening for Christy Bush's rock photography exhibition "Soundtrack to Nothing" at Bespoke Gallery and took in not only the moody, French New Wave-type stills of rock fans but the plethora of stylish threads on display. (Not to mention feeling like I was in an indie rock version of Gawker Stalker for a moment, having sighted R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe there, along with Interpol, one of the twins from Blonde Redhead, and, um, Samantha Mathis.) There were the usual style suspects floating around: skinny jeans, pointy boots, vests, pretty dresses, wickedly cool shoes. But I was looking at all the women who were wearing short, flowing tunic-style dresses, slouchy boots and flowing hair when I realized they all had sort of a Native American princess silhouette going. (This especially popped in my head when I saw one woman wearing a headband over her hair like a headdress.) It's a nice thing: comfortable, not trying to hard, just insouciant enough towards the conventional rules of fashion engagement. And the pictures were cool, too.

"Soundtrack to Nothing: Photographs by Christy Bush" at Bespoke Gallery, 57 W. 27th St., 6th Floor, New York, NY, through May 27, 2006

(Sofia Coppola at a Marc Jacobs costume party, rocking the headdress.)

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