Perform Legging vs Women's Oasis PureLuxe High-Waisted Pocketed Kick Flare: which is safer?

Fabletics Women's Oasis PureLuxe High-Waisted Pocketed Kick Flare is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Everlane Perform Legging

Everlane

Perform Legging

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

nylon/polyester blend with moisture-wicking treatment

Confidence

45%

ReportedMicrofiber shedding (microplastics)

PossibleSynthetic dye heavy metals and azo dye residues

PossibleMoisture-wicking coating off-gassing and degradation

Our pick

Fabletics Women's Oasis PureLuxe High-Waisted Pocketed Kick Flare

Fabletics

Women's Oasis PureLuxe High-Waisted Pocketed Kick Flare

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 47/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

polyester blend fabric, standard construction

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants

PossibleFormaldehyde resins (finishing agents)

ReportedMicrofiber shedding from synthetic blend

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Microfiber shedding (microplastics), Synthetic dye heavy metals and azo dye residues, Moisture-wicking coating off-gassing and degradation and Formaldehyde in finishing resins on the Everlane and not on the Fabletics.
  • We flag Azo dyes and synthetic colorants, Formaldehyde resins (finishing agents) and Microfiber shedding from synthetic blend on the Fabletics and not on the Everlane.
  • The Everlane is nylon/polyester blend with moisture-wicking treatment where the Fabletics is polyester blend fabric, standard construction, 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 Fabletics is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Everlane 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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