Well, I finally gave up on the Poser cloth room and went back to the Rhino drawing board.  Meanwhile, I found a better way to model the gown that gives me a better waistline with pleated gathers.  Trial and error as usual.  Took me about 3 hours.

However, I now have a shape that I think looks much better and I'm going to take Mousie back into Rhino with the gown and tailor it to her.

pjz99??  What think you of this shape??  Please tell me you like it.  Lie to me if you have to.

Could be worse, could be raining.