Here comes the neighborhood.

Used to be you needed butchers, bakers, and gossipy homemakers to make a community. Now all you need is an airy boutique with the requisite  It designers.

To wit: Breathe, a new women’s store in University Village. The spacious shop in the newly reminted hood-in-the-making carries your favorite lines, like cozy basics from Generra, flirty dresses from Corey Lynn Calter, and sweet threads from Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent. Of course, they also have a standout selection of jeans, including (yes, yes) Antik Denim and Paige’s Premium.

By year’s end they’ll also carry the latest from Botkier and Kooba. In the meantime, you may want to get your hands on a buttery leather hobo from Brazilian designer Elisa Atheniense.

Because once word gets out, they will be hard to come by.

Ditto on parking.

Breathe, 1252 South Halsted Street, at Roosevelt Road (312-997-2411 or breatheboutique.com).