When we receive new items at AV Headquarters, we inspect every single garment before it is listed in our shop. Each item goes through a second round of inspection before it is prettily packaged and on it's way to your home. Once in awhile we come across a blemished love. She may have some speckles here, maybe a slight color bleed on the fabric, perhaps a snagged hem, a small hole... nothing horrific, but not in perfect new condition to be sold in the shop. We have a bin of "Less Than Perfects" at the studio and I've always puzzled...