Quote - Okay, assuming someone knows nothing about modelling, and assuming they know even less about setting up a piece of clothing for use as dynamic, just how difficult is it to make a dress.  Not complex in style, floor length, long draping sleeves and a deep v-neckline?  And it will have to be able to be belted at the hip.  Yikes, I'll have to figure out how to make a belt, ack, dress first.

I have no issues using the cloth room for simulations on stuff made by others, but I have need of a very particular style of gown for an image I am doing.  One of those cases where 'close enough' won't cut it.

Due to the nature of the image I am setting up for, the dress has to be dynamic. It has to drape properly on V4, which conforming just isn't going to do, long skirts tend to to look very stiff in conforming clothes, natural and flowing is an absolute must.

I do have Hexagon, though I have never really opened it.

I know I am asking for headaches and a new possible addiction, but it is a needed one at this point. 

Any advice and/or directions to tutorials to help would be appreciated.

What Grappo said.

Screenshots help. I use Max and Zbrush and Illustrator to make my dynamic clothing. Honestly its not difficult to make dynamic clothing. Shoot I made a skirt out of the Cylinder prop and conformed it to V4 in under 6 minutes! It'd only take 3 minutes to make a mini skirt the same way and have it be dynamic!  No wait...I used a sphere. well, whatever! Here's the link to that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahK3tUSAB0

But honestly, dynamic clothes are MUCH MUCH simpler to make and setup that conforming. Show some pics and we'll get you started.