Yes, a WIP image would help. I've spent many hours posing the dress and several hours of quality time with the cape and might be able to help. A few bits of advice about the dress - also applies to the cape: 1. It's not a bad idea to lock V3's hip before posing. 2. Pose V3 THEN load and conform the dress. 3. Use the movement/shape dials in the "Body" group after conforming. Every thing from "Expand" down in the "Body" group is garment shape or movement. 4. Do your final tweak of shape/movement with the body handle. 5. Turn ON "Full Tracking" when using the "Skirt" (or any) body handle and use the dials to position instead of dragging on the handle. 6. Remember to turn OFF "Full Tracking" when you're through. :) OH - Last thing - sometimes I just hide everything from the buttocks down or through shin on V3 if the character's wearing shoes. OOPS - This is the last thing... really. If the dress has a transmap that affects the skirt, it helps to turn if off if you've got a particularly thorny pose to work on. Just re-apply the original MAT pose when you're done. Hope this helps. Regards, Nancy.