the principle is simple, mould a poly mesh around a figure, closely following the contours of the figure. If you are making dynamic clothing you can afford to be slightly less accurate and let the cloth stretch around the figure when you run the cloth simulation, remember a couple of points though, depending on what style of outfit you choose to make if it is dynamic , gravity comes into play when running the sim, so if for example you have a strapless top, you will need to add some constrains in the cloth room to stop it falling down the body.......youtube is full of some really good cloth making tutorials and as teyon said, the principle is pretty bog standard, if you are comfortable with the controls in maya, even a tutorial in Hexagon format will point the way. Trial and error, tears and triumph, the modelling way :)

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