You've probably gone far enough now to understand that Poser handles clothing in two different ways. Conforming Clothing is, to put it simply, a stick man made of clothes. He stands in the same place, in the same way, and it looks like the Poser person is wearing the clothing. Dynamic Clothing, on the other hand, is a physical simulation with mass, stiffness, stretchiness, and other qualities of a real peice of cloth being calculated by the program as the Poser person wearing it moves around. In both cases the simplest way to make a new item of clothing is in another program. Once it is modelled, you can experiment with either clothifying it (Dynamic) or rigging it (Conforming) and seeing which works best. As a general guideline skintight clothing works best as a Conformer, and capes and skirts work better as Dynamic clothing. I would be very interested to see where you go with re-creating traditional Malaysian garb. I always enjoy seeing historical and cultural items (and less of the usual beachwear). I have a strong feeling there are other people who would be happy to help in this as well.