Adriana Berlanga, owner and president of Bersica Futurewear – a new high-tech children’s clothing line – sent my daughter one of their polo shirts to try out. They sell for under twenty bucks and make some pretty fantastic claims.

Bersica Futurewear is the first line of high-performance children’s clothing that redefines the meaning of “future” by combining the two things that will give us a better tomorrow—conservation and innovation. They use Swiss Schoeller fabric manufactured with NanoSphere® textile technology to create stylish, fun clothes for children that contain no harmful chemicals or dyes; are very soft and fully breathable; extremely liquid, stain, oil and dirt repellent; abrasion resistant; highly durable; quick-drying; self-cleaning; and environmentally friendly while also protecting children from harmful UV rays.

One important thing to note about Bersica Futurewear items are the washing instructions, which you must follow. They are machine washable in warm/cold water with mild liquid detergent with no fabric softeners or bleach. Tumble or hang dry and use a low heat dry iron (no steam) to smooth out wrinkles if necessary. Easy – that’s how I was all of my clothes.

The shirt is soft and my daughter says it’s comfortable, and it’s pink – which is the only colour she’ll currently wear, so that’s a bonus – but I wanted to put the features to the test. It’s easy to spill in our house – it takes no effort at all, in fact, since we come by it honestly. The first try gave us bright red spaghetti sauce, a big slop of yogurt and some milk. The milk literally rolled off the shirt with NO sign it had ever been there. The yogurt blobs and spaghetti sauce looked like they’d be more challenging. I took her shirt off, rinsed it under water and it looked, quite literally, just like new. Nothing left. At all. I was amazed!

I don’t really know what nano-technology is, but I like it.