I've actually checked all those things and still no luck. I've downloaded several free textures and tried them, all with the same result. I've also used a few "generic" textures, just general patters like plad, stripes etc, and it's all the same. While I do realize that the pre-render document window only shows a very low-res approximation of the actual true texture, the fact remains that "plaid" still looks like "plaid" in preview when I try it in the ankle boot, whereas it looks like a funky computer kaleidoscope pattern on the bikini top and bottom. I got the clothing pack from DAZ quite a while ago and everything has always worked fine, I just never tried texturing the bikini before. Changing the color yes (works fine), texturing it no. Not sure if they have a fix but I'll check it out. Any further suggestions on how to examine the uv map or anything else are still more than welcome, and thanks again!