On the Wings site there's a tut on how to model a face and although you get aquainted with certain tools, which will come in handy when modelling clothes, it's still not helpful for me. You don't know if this tool for one is ONLY for what you're making at the time, or  if it can be applied to other things. Now if I'm following one for clothing, I know they're used for clothing. In my Practical Poser book, I read about modelling in Lightwave and while I do grasp the procedure is the same with any modeller, I  wasn't able to fully learn. The first time something is presented to me I need  two things 1) to have step by step instructions and 2)to be able to do it as I'm reading. Words alone won't do. The modelling was done in Lightwave and so I woul've needed lightwave to be able to follow along.