Women's Gail One-piece vs Women's Tugless Monokini Swim Dress Swimsuit: which is safer?
J.Crew Women's Gail One-piece is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
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%
Lands' End
Women's Tugless Monokini Swim Dress Swimsuit
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 2/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Nylon/polyamide blend with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) finish
Confidence
45%
ReportedPFAS in water-repellent coating finish (graded separately; context only)
PossibleAzo dyes or heavy metals in colorants
PossibleMicroplastics or fiber shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish (graded separately; context only), Azo dyes or heavy metals in colorants and Microplastics or fiber shedding on the Lands' End and not on the J.Crew.
- The J.Crew is Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear) where the Lands' End is Nylon/polyamide blend with durable water repellent (DWR) 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 J.Crew is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Lands' End 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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