I use Wings 3D to model. I'm poor and it's simple and free...lol. Actually, I got Carrara 7 Pro for Christmas, but so far Wings has pretty much had everything I need in it and I already know how to use it (I use the term "use" loosely...hehe). So I prefer the free program over the 500 dollar one. Go figure ;o). I'll explore Carrara later when I'm really ready to tear my hair out...

As for stitching, I think operaguy did mean on the texture and not modeled stitching...hehe. I've also been thinking about what he meant by "front to back". If he meant like a cuff on a sweatshirt where the cuff is sort of rolled around the edge of the sleeve opening, then yes, the hems are front to back. The main part of the dress is one sided, but the hems are sort of like donuts with holes - thin torus...they go the whole way round or the hems start to pull apart when Poser smooths them and you can see daylight thru them close up ;o). It's been a challenge learning by trial and error what I think is a decent model and what Poser wants to mangle - looks great in Wings, but not so much in Poser ;o). I've found out that even when everything is welded, Poser still likes to pull it apart or worse yet, take corners and flat sides and bulge them out like a loaf of bread ;o). I get more upset at Poser than at Wings...hehe. A lot of it too is my lack of knowledge about modeling in general...I'm pretty much just "winging" this so to speak and learning as I go. I like it though and if it weren't for a very good friend I'd have never really tried to model anything more complicated than a cardboard box. For all my protestations that I couldn't model, he assured me that I could ;o). I guess he was right...lol.

Anyway, as far as fitting the dresses to other figures, I was going to give it the old college try at some point :o). Too bad CrossDresser can't refit a prop or I could do it lickety split...

Laurie