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Photography: Lindsey Thoeng

Evening in the West Village

Raquel Paiva December 10, 2015

West Village is one of my favorite neighborhoods in NYC. If I could choose a place to live in the city, regardless of the fact that I have to pay for it, I would choose West Village.

What I love the most about the area is that its very conveniently close to everything, but at the same time it is still a calm and chill place. I also love the little streets with brown houses, and I specially love the fact that it is such a gay friendly neighborhood. I feel pretty comfortable walking with my girlfriend Lindsey holding hands in most of the places in NYC, but in the West Village I feel more welcomed, and somehow more "normal" since there are so many other gay couples around us.

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Unfortunately rent is very expensive in WV, so let me stop dreaming about my 3 bedrooms apartment for now and start talking about my outfit:

I'm starting to slightly change the way I dress. I don't really know why, but lately I have been feeling more inclined to clothes that are more like "adultish" but still stylish. I just feel like some clothes I used to love as a teenager, don't really match to who I am now. One of the pieces I want to start wearing more next year are the culottes. I just think they are damn cute, and I feel more put together when I wear them because I am usually wearing jeans. And they are great with crop tops, which if you know me, you know how I feel about them.

I wore this outfit when I was heading to happy hour at Agave (Mexican restaurant in the WV that serves $2 appetizers and $6 frozen margaritas during happy hour. Ps: you must try the mango frozen margarita), and I think that the black and white outfit + red lipstick + heels, was simple but still polished for some cocktails.

Let me know how you feel about culottes! I am really curious to know if I am the only one who thinks that they are amazing, and will be playing a strong game next year. Maybe we can grab some margaritas and have a talk about the trends for 2016. 

beijo&tchau

I was wearing: 

Culottes: Nasty Gal (the are on sale! 30%OFF)

Top: Forever 21

Shoes: Call it Spring

Bracelets: My Jewelry Bar

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Photography: Lindsey Thoeng

In Personal Style Tags white culottes, culottes outfit, turtle neck crop top, west village, happy hour, personal style -1
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