Congrats to the winning designer of this towel; you did a wonderful job! I chose the "Underwater World" design and it is just terrific! The colors are so bright and vivid, and the design is so cute and creative. I love that this is an ocean-themed design, but instead of being blue or green, the colors are bright magenta, purple, orange, red, and gold. It's so unique and a real attention-getter, and I love the expressions on the fish faces. It is also a great-quality beach towel-- soft, bright and absorbent 100% cotton. I would call describe the towel as a medium thickness. The washing instructions said to machine-wash it by it itself in cold water, which I did the first time I washed it since the colors are so bright (I was worried about color bleed). But after that, I've just tossed it into the wash with our other beach towels and washed it in warm water, and it has come out looking like new each time, and there was not a fading or bleeding issue with the other beach towels. This towel would make a great gift. Just have it shipped directly to the recipient from Amazon, because the packaging is so nicely done, it's like a wrapped gift. Overall, it's a super bright and fun design and a quality all-cotton towel. I just love it.