The Brooklinen Shower Curtain, a previous pick (no longer available) was a lightweight, 100% cotton curtain that came in four modern and cheery patterns. This curtain dried so fast you could easily skip the liner if you’d like. Your body’s outline could be visible through it, though. It also wrinkled more than any of our picks but eventually smoothed out with the steam from a hot shower.

The Coyuchi Rippled Stripe Organic Shower Curtain (now discontinued) in black and ivory had a beautiful pattern and texture. But during testing it kept going in and out of stock.

The Geometric Watercolor Shower Curtain from artist Tina Carroll is a top seller on Etsy; although we liked its vibrant colors, we didn’t love the 100% polyester material. And returns are generally not accepted—at this price, that isn’t a small commitment.

The Jungalow Soleil Shower Curtain by Justina Blakeney is a cotton shower curtain that’s lined on the inside with polyester, but we found that water went straight through it. The cotton layer also shrank slightly more than the polyester in the laundry, so the liner was visible at the bottom.

We were intrigued by the Outlines Shower Liner System, a subscription-based system that aims to recycle used liners, rather than throwing them in the landfill. Outlines’ shower curtains have a top part made of cotton and a bottom part made of non-toxic PEVA that you can trade in as needed to be recycled. While we love that Outlines has figured out how to recycle PEVA, we think a disposable (albeit recyclable) option isn’t the answer. Maintaining the shower curtain or liner you have is the most sustainable thing you can do.

The Parachute Turkish Shower Curtain was a previous pick but it’s no longer available. It’s expensive but it immediately elevates any space while carrying out its main function: keeping water where it’s supposed to be.

Society6 offers hundreds of design and pattern options, and the company works with independent artists. But we read too many negative reviews about uneven print quality and a confusing return process to feel comfortable recommending this company’s shower curtains. Also, the one we tested—Soft Shapes by City Art—was not waterproof, and water from the shower sprayed straight through it, despite its being 100% polyester.

Target’s Threshold Stripe Shower Curtain (a previous pick, now discontinued) saw some of the worst shrinkage, losing a whopping 5½ inches in width and 4 inches in length.

The larger-than-life floral print on Target’s Room Essentials Exploded Graphic Shower Curtain (now discontinued) was the least expensive we tested, and its thin fabric, a blend of cotton and recycled polyester, felt like it. There were a few loose threads after laundering, but it otherwise held up well and had minimal shrinkage.

We liked the three shower curtains we tested from Urban Outfitters (the Camille Floral Shower Curtain, the Kiko Shower Curtain, and the Myla Floral Shower Curtain), but they constantly went in and out of stock.

This article was edited by Daniela Gorny and Christine Ryan.