Quote - Another thing that could work is checking "Include morphs when conforming" when saving your clothing item to the library.

Hallelujah we have a winner.  Got to lose the renumbering of them, but that is five minutes work instead of thirty while I carefully make sure I don't bugger anything up.

Thanks a lot, while there might be a way to avoid it totally, I am just content to have a workable solution for now.