Yes! ;D

I found it easier to animate the figure first otherwise the cloth will get in your visual way as you attempt to animate. Then go back to the first frame and apply the clothing and take the whole thing to the cloth editor and select the vertices that will attach themselves to the figure (otherwise the dress may fall to the floor by the end of the animation) and tell the editor not to permit cloth collision with the figure and specify how the cloth will interact such as silk, cotton and so forth on the object. It's been a while and these are the bits I remember.