I ordered this sweater primarily because it is advertised as 100% cotton, which is increasingly difficult to find in inexpensive lightweight sweaters. The sewn-in fabric label does confirm 100% cotton. The knit is quite lightweight and breathable—you can easily see light through it when it's held up to a light source—but it isn't scratchy or itchy against my skin. It's soft, although I wouldn't describe it as exceptionally plush or ultra-soft.I ordered a Medium and found it true to size. I have unusually long arms, so the sleeves end about 2–3 inches higher on my wrists than I would ideally like, but that's fairly typical for me. What surprised me more was the shape. The description calls this a tailored, slimming silhouette, but the sweater I received has a fairly straight-cut body without much waist shaping. The scalloped contrast neckline is easily my favorite part; it adds some elegance to what is otherwise a very simple, casual sweater.I also wanted to see how the cotton handled washing before reviewing it. I machine washed it in a laundry bag on the colors temperature setting. It came out quite wrinkled, so rather than laying it flat as the care label recommends, I hung it to air dry. I noticed no shrinkage afterward, and it fits me the same as it did before washing. The black did not bleed onto other laundry or the white trim, and the scalloped neckline retained its shape nicely.The downside is that it didn't look quite as crisp and polished after that first wash. Some wrinkles remained, particularly in the sleeves, and the bottom edge became a little wavy/rolled. It looks considerably better while being worn than it did hanging after drying, but I may need to give it a light ironing to restore the smoother appearance it had when new.At $19.99, I still think this is a good value for a comfortable, genuinely 100% cotton lightweight sweater, particularly for someone trying to avoid the polyester and acrylic blends common at this price. Just expect a simple, fairly straight fit rather than the strongly tailored silhouette suggested by the description, and be prepared for cotton that may need a little attention after washing.