On the front of the soft-wear there are two logos from the www.msn.com web page. While the shape and arrangement of the "msn" logo and stylized butterfly, and even placement of the ™ symbols, appear accurate, the colors are not as clear and bright, especially where the upper and lower butterfly wings are superimposed. To the left, the web site logo clearly has a blue upper wing and a yellow-green lower wing overlapping to produce a darker green color. To the right a rust-red upper wing and an earthy yellow overlap to make orange. On the soft-wear, however, the greens are less distinguishable and the red and orange are not much different. Actually, I think it is better looking on the soft-wear - less garish, more tasteful. But it is not a faithful copy. I will say this, however. The resolution of the image on the soft-wear is much higher. Enlarge the image from the web site and the edges go all fuzzy. At the same scale, the printing on the soft-wear is sharp.

I don't know who is responsible for this soft-wear and its features - and its bug - er - butterfly. Despite the msn.com logos on the soft-wear, the label inside the neck band says "Jerzees Activewear". The label has a different logo featuring a stylized letter "Z", and a line stating, "heavyweight cotton". Looks like there is some sort of subcontracting or marketing arrangement going on here.

Anyway, the soft-wear has the shortest documentation imaginable, even though it is given in Spanish and French as well as English. It all fits on another sewn in label only about 4 mm wide and less than 5 mm high. In its entirety, the English documentation reads, "Machine wash warm with like colors. Only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Tumble dry low. Do not iron or dry clean emblem." Across the top of the documentation label is a set of cryptic symbols, what I think of as international laundry marks. There is something like a tub of water with two dots inside, a triangle with diagonal stripes, and what I take to be a drier with one dot in it. I guess the dots have to do with temperature and the striped triangle is some sort of anti-chlorine protest sign. I never have been quite sure of these funny marks that show up on lots of soft-wear nowadays. Clear language, confusing symbols.

Here is another discovery. At the bottom of the documentation is an address in Alabama. That's a long way from Redmond, Washington. Another indication that msn or MS did not actually originate this soft-wear.

The soft-wear was not shrink-wrapped. It looked a little dusty so I didn't try it on until it had been machine washed warm and tumble dried low. Without any ironing it is wrinkled a bit - but who wants to iron such things?

I tried on the soft-wear for a while. Mostly it is soft, but it felt a little scratchy around the neck. Why does soft-wear so often seem to get you in the neck? Perhaps more machine washing warm and tumble drying low will make it a bit softer - time will tell.

I really can't make any recommendations about this soft-wear. Such soft-wear is so much a matter of personal taste and comfort. But what the heck - I can always put a free tee shirt to use.