hexagon & silo are two very low priced very capable apps.
max and maya, are a bit of overkill if you are just using them to model clothing in they are so much more full 3d solutions, as is lightwave and cinema, although cinema if I remember correctly is a modular app so you only buy what you need.

I used tS5 for a great many years after leaving 3dsMax as it was the closest I could find to max in my price range.

Shade would be OK if you think in Shade which I could not do for teh life of me, but as Tashar said, what one likes the other may not, so definatly try as many demo's as possible.

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