Women's Linen-Blend Schoolboy Blazer vs Women's Madelyn Four-Season Stretch Blazer: which is safer?
J.Crew Women's Linen-Blend Schoolboy Blazer is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
J.Crew
Women's Linen-Blend Schoolboy Blazer
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 57/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
linen-blend, likely cotton-linen mix, unfinished
Confidence
78%
PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants
PossibleFormaldehyde from storage or finishing treatments
J.Crew
Women's Madelyn Four-Season Stretch Blazer
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Four-season stretch fabric with water-resistant treatment
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in water-resistant coating
PossibleAntimony in polyester
PossibleElastane (spandex) degradation under heat and UV
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Azo dyes and synthetic colorants and Formaldehyde from storage or finishing treatments on the J.Crew and not on the J.Crew.
- We flag PFAS in water-resistant coating, Antimony in polyester and Elastane (spandex) degradation under heat and UV on the J.Crew and not on the J.Crew.
- The J.Crew is linen-blend, likely cotton-linen mix, unfinished where the J.Crew is Four-season stretch fabric with water-resistant treatment, 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 78%, 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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