@kobaltkween...

I'll try bringing the dress into Poser without the buttons welded and see if that makes a difference ;o). I have had problems with hems falling thru themselves if I add them to a soft decorated group and there is a dynamic group underneath. I guess what's happening is that the dynamic group underneath is passing through the soft decorated group somehow causing ugly things to happen ;o). I still need to work more on this...lol. Maybe I'll try moving the hem away from the dress just a tiny, tiny bit in Wings and see if that works....maybe by .0001 or something really small and not noticeable.

Thanks for the input - I really appreciate it! :o).

Laurie