Stain Resistant Classic Woven Italian Silk Necktie vs H-mors Twillbi Tie 7cm: which is safer?

H-mors Twillbi Tie 7cm is the clear pick. Brooks Brothers Stain Resistant Classic Woven Italian Silk Necktie carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Brooks Brothers Stain Resistant Classic Woven Italian Silk Necktie

Brooks Brothers

Stain Resistant Classic Woven Italian Silk Necktie

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Italian silk with unspecified stain-resistant finish

Confidence

35%

PossibleUndisclosed stain-resistant coating chemistry

PossibleCoating degradation and leaching during care

Our pick

Hermès

H-mors Twillbi Tie 7cm

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

silk twill

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes and heavy-metal mordants

PossibleFormaldehyde-releasing finishing resins

ReportedResidual dye and chemical volatiles

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Undisclosed stain-resistant coating chemistry and Coating degradation and leaching during care on the Brooks Brothers and not on the Hermès.
  • We flag Azo dyes and heavy-metal mordants, Formaldehyde-releasing finishing resins, Residual dye and chemical volatiles and PFAS in water-repellent or stain-resistant coatings on the Hermès and not on the Brooks Brothers.
  • The Brooks Brothers is Italian silk with unspecified stain-resistant finish where the Hermès is silk twill, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Hermès is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Brooks Brothers grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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 →

More neckties, see the full ranking