Women's Claudia One-piece Swimsuit vs Women's Gail One-piece: which is safer?
J.Crew Women's Gail One-piece is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
J.Crew
Women's Claudia One-piece Swimsuit
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 6/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Nylon/polyester blend with water-repellent coating finish
Confidence
45%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastic shedding
Our pick
J.Crew
Women's Gail One-piece
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
analysis pending
Verdict
pending
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear)
Confidence
72%
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish and Microplastic shedding on the J.Crew and not on the J.Crew.
- The J.Crew is Nylon/polyester blend with DWR finish where the J.Crew is Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear), 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 J.Crew is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the J.Crew 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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