I don't know if this makes the process simpler or not, in my mext release I'm making my conforming clothing with INJ channels, and giving people an ungrouped zeroed mesh to use as morphing base if they want to.
It's more with add-on morph developer in mind, but individual users can take advantage of it too.

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