Nine nice things from Pivot, an “eco smart fashion” boutique in Chicago that offers free ground shipping. The store recently curated an exhibit at the Museum of Sustainable Style.

Like farm-raised beef, sustainable fashion doesn’t come cheap.  When a cute dress, like that cobalt plaid one, costs $326, it’s best to think of it as the purchase of the season (if you can afford to think of it at all.)  There’s a lot to be said for purchasing just a few ethically-made pieces that will last for years, rather than piles of “fast fashion,” more often than not manufactured by a company that uses harmful dyes and doesn’t pay its assembly line workers a living wage.

(This is where I admit I’ve yet to learn that particular lesson.  I love my H & M.)