Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt vs Regular Fit Wrinkle Resistant Stretch Dress Shirt: which is safer?
Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Banana Republic
Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
analysis pending
Verdict
pending
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
Cotton/cotton-blend woven fabric
Confidence
72%
Tommy Hilfiger
Regular Fit Wrinkle Resistant Stretch Dress Shirt
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 2/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Cotton blend with wrinkle-resistant and stain-resistant finish
Confidence
45%
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in wrinkle-resistant finish
ReportedPFAS in stain-resistant finish
PossibleFinish degradation and microparticle shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde resins in wrinkle-resistant finish, PFAS in stain-resistant finish and Finish degradation and microparticle shedding on the Tommy Hilfiger and not on the Banana Republic.
- The Banana Republic is Cotton/cotton-blend woven fabric where the Tommy Hilfiger is Cotton blend with wrinkle-resistant and stain-resistant finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Banana Republic is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Tommy Hilfiger grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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