hi morphometry... I am sure there will be a suitable, conforming, free dress out there somewhere. It might be quicker to go find one in one of the many freebie places, than master the Cloth Room -- at least just for this assignment. Or raise a new thread with a picture of what you are looking for, asking if anyone knows of a freebie conforming dress like it.

I do admire your willingness to get stuck in with Dynamic cloth - frankly, the Cloth Room is still a House of Horrors for me!

Having said that, you must read the tutorials carefully or follow the advice in operaguy's last post. Frame 1 must be V4 in her ZERO pose with the clothing loaded and not intersecting her anywhere. Then go to Frame 30 and put her in the sitting position. Then run the simulation.

Then it starts: adjust, simulate, adjust, simulate.... etc. etc. until it goes right!

By the way, which article by SVDL are you referring to?

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)