Green / Eco-friendly
Nimli
Every purchase made here goes directly from the cool indie designers to your doorstep, cutting out the step of shipping to a warehouse for storage. So navigate the dizzying array of feminine dresses from Deux FM or Viridis Luxe's wear-anywhere, featherweight basics, knowing that each arrives bearing the lightest carbon footprint possible.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Nutricity
We love this site for its highly specified beauty categories—concealer, bubble bath, deodorant, etc.—with lines like Desert Essence, and Monoi Tiare Tahiti.
Featured in the April 2009 issue
Featured in the April 2009 issue
Peligrosa Knits
Peligrosa's sleek, sophisticated pieces are made of organic cotton and humanely sheared merino and cashmere, then spun into fine-gauge separates. They also come with a super-green bill of health: L.A.-based husband-and-wife designers Adam Sidell and Nico Morrison just moved 90 percent of their production from Japan to the U.S. to reduce their energy consumption.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Perch!
Polished surfaces paired with solid colors render all of designer Amy Adams' pieces of earthenware—whether they're mod, spaceship-like hanging plant pots or tongue-in-cheek boy/girl napkin rings—contemporary and chic. Her garden, lighting, and tabletop items as well as wall hangings are all low-impact and handcrafted in Brooklyn using nontoxic finishes and by-products.
Pivot Boutique
The online home of this forward-thinking Chicago store boasts a great selection of wear-with-everything staples like wrap dresses from Habitude and drapey cotton vests by Ecoganik. The site's Eco-Smart section is also packed with information on how to think earth-friendly, from sourcing sustainable materials to business practices.
Plover Organics
The handblocked sets from this fair-trade, organic bedding company are inspired by vintage textiles and wallpaper. The results, rendered in wonderfully vivid colors, are charming and clean-lined in equal measure.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Re:modern
Founded by earth-friendly design consultant Mona Ying Reeves, re:modern has something for every corner of the home. Plus, the user-friendly website is anything but overwhelming, boasting a simple-but-smart glossary for environmental terms, as well as products like rubber doormats, disposable bamboo utensils, and sustainably harvested birch side tables all sifted by theme ("small spaces," for instance), designer, and price.
Saffron Rouge
The strict standards here—only organic and biodynamic—make this a truly confidence-inspiring site. The brands, like Jurlique, Weleda, and Suki, are first-rate, too.
Sephora
A luxe and exhaustive offering divided into natural, organic, and mineral categories, with lines ranging from Ren and Tarte to Bare Escentuals.
Featured in the April 2009 issue
Featured in the April 2009 issue
Skin Botanica
We applaud the array of fantastic below-the-radar companies like Stem Organics and Biologika.
