Dakota Denim Barrel Jean
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Dakota Denim Barrel Jean

Marine Layer$115
Toxome RatingGood
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About

A high-rise barrel-leg jean in ecru denim, 99% cotton with 1% stretch.

Materials

99% cotton, 1% lycra

What the brand names mean

Trademarks on a label describe the fiber, not your exposure. Here is what each one is and what it does not cover. None of it moves the score.

LYCRA®scored as elastane

A brand name for ordinary elastane. It signals a quality tier for stretch and recovery, which is a performance promise, not a chemical one.

We score it exactly as elastane, because that is what it is. Nothing about the Lycra name tells you what is left in the fiber.

Accurate, buys nothing

what it is made of

The Dakota Denim Barrel Jean is 99% cotton, 1% lycra. Cotton is the soft everyday plant fiber, but conventionally grown with heavy pesticides. Lycra is the stretch plastic blended into almost everything, identical to spandex. That composition is what Toxome scores, and it earns 82 out of 100 on the fiber scale, where 100 is cleanest.

A high-rise barrel-leg jean in ecru denim, 99% cotton with 1% stretch.

FAQ

What is the Dakota Denim Barrel Jean made of?

It is 99% cotton, blended with 1% lycra.

Is cotton safe to wear?

Cotton is the soft everyday plant fiber, but conventionally grown with heavy pesticides. Toxome rates every fiber on what it does to the body of the person wearing it, and publishes the reasoning rather than a badge. The score covers the fiber, not the dyes and finishes a mill adds later.

How does Toxome score clothing?

Toxome reads each garment's fiber composition and scores it on what that fiber does to your body, not on a brand's sustainability marketing. A higher score means a cleaner fiber. Composition is taken from what the brand publishes, so the score reflects the label rather than our opinion of it.