before applying a pose (full or partial) I always make sure I have the main character to which the clothes/props are attached and then to the right of that (bottom of screen) I always select body. This even works if you are using Mimic for talking. If your clothes get rip looks (ie: the flesh of character is showing through) - on properties of the main character - make the body part invisible. Sometimes you cant do this (like when the wrist is showing - you cant make the forearm invisible) so you must putter around with dials of original character (usually a twist for me or put the clothes for different version of a character on current character so need to run through The Tailor (software worth buying) to make the clothes fit this character). If the main character has morphs (young, old, thin, fat, etc.) then the clothes should also have these morphs to work properly when doing animation with conforming clothes. I almost never move/change the clothing dials - I always use the main character and make sure that the same morphing dials are available on the clothes.