Women's Gail One-piece vs Women's Water Texture Jacquard V-Neck One-Piece 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%
Nike
Women's Water Texture Jacquard V-Neck One-Piece Swimsuit
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 2/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Nylon jacquard with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) finish
Confidence
42%
PossibleFormaldehyde in finishing resins
ReportedMicrofiber shedding during laundering
PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from water-repellent coating breakdown
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde in finishing resins, Microfiber shedding during laundering and Coating degradation and leachables from DWR breakdown on the Nike and not on the J.Crew.
- The J.Crew is Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear) where the Nike is Nylon jacquard 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 Nike grade, at 42% 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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