You shouldn't have checked the Universe option - just the dress parts. I think are also further complications with the cocktail dress, as you'll need to deselect also the body handles. Looking at your hierarchy editor, I would guess the skirt material is a body handle. Yes you can employ Morphs first to help tweaking without any problem, but alas it will need the Tailor if you want to use the morphs later (as you are now using a different mesh). Also, I might add that the results corelate somewhat with what you might expect. Draping figures with just a large hip, for example can hardly be expected to conform, but smaller tighter fitting items (loke eg the active wear set) work perfectly. As for further advice on clothifying, I'm very much a novice myself. To be totally honest, I initiated this thread in the hope that it may indeed provoke further avenues of exploration, as there probably are other avenues just waiting to be discovered.